Jerzy Giedroyc

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Polish writer and political activist (1906-2000)

WritersLived 1906 to 2000 · aged 94

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Jerzy Władysław Giedroyć was a Polish writer, lawyer, publicist and political activist. For many years, he worked as editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, Kultura.

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A 1984 copy of Kultura

Awards 12

1996Officer of the Legion of Honour

Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow

Honorary doctor of the University of Białystok

Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Knight of the Order of the Crown

Order of the White Star, 5th Class

honorary doctor of the University of Wrocław

honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Honorary doctor of the University of Szczecin

Kisiel Prize

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SiblingHenryk Giedroyc

Connected to Jerzy 6

Nils-Aslak ValkeapääAlso won Order of the White Star, 5th Class

Stanisław SosabowskiAlso won Knight Officer of the Order of the Crown (Romania)

Tadeusz MazowieckiAlso won Kisiel Prize

Günter VerheugenAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Szczecin

Gustaw Herling-GrudzińskiAlso won honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University

Eugène YsaÿeAlso won Knight of the Order of the Crown