Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Polish writer, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident (1919-2000) · Poland · Writers · Died at 81

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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński was a Polish writer, journalist, essayist, World War II underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the period of Soviet and communist rule. He is best known for writing a personal account of life in the Soviet Gulag entitled A World Apart, first published in 1951 in London.

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2000Died4 July 2000Honorary Doctor of the Jagiellonian University of KrakowAward1998Order of the White EagleAward1994Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward1991Honorary Doctor of the Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańAward1990Polish PEN Club Award Jan ParandowskiAward1966Kościelski AwardAward1919Born20 May 1919

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