Jerzy Turowicz

Polish journalist (1912-1999) · Poland · On the map · Journalists · Died at 86

Jerzy Turowicz was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period. He was editor of the Catholic weekly magazine Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, except for three years in the early 1950s.

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1999Died27 January 1999Order Ecce HomoAward1995Cracoviae MerentiAward1994Commander of the French Order of Academic PalmsAwardOrder of the White EagleAward1992Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1988Polish PEN Club Award Jan ParandowskiAward1987Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatAward1981Bolesław Prus PrizeAward1974Officer of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1969Knight of the Order of Polonia RestitutaAward1912Born10 December 1912

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