Mirosław Żuławski

Mirosław Żuławski (January 16, 1913 – February 17, 1995) was a Polish writer, prosaist, diplomatist and screenwriter. He is father of film director, Andrzej Żuławski.

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Mirosław Żuławski was born in Nisko. He graduated law and diplomatic studies at Lviv University. His career as a poet began in Sygnały magazine in 1934. During the World War II he was a soldier of Związek Walki Zbrojnej, and then Armia Krajowa. In AK Żuławski operated in cultural underground and also wrote newsletters. During the years of 1944 and 1945 he was a war correspondent. After that he became as an editor-in-chief's assistant of Rzeczpospolita newspaper.

In 1945–1952 and 1957-1978 Żuławski worked in diplomacy as a permanent deputy of Poland in UNESCO in Paris. He was an ambassador of People's Republic of Poland (PRL) in Senegal and Mali. He was an editor of Przegląd Kulturalny weekly magazine from 1952 to 1957. Through the 1990s Żuławski published feuilletons in Twój Styl.

He died in 1995 in Warsaw.

Autobus odjeżdża 6.20 (aka The Bus Leaves at 6.20), script consultation, 1954
Opowieść atlantycka (aka The Atlantic Tale), based on his own story, 1955
Pieśń triumfującej miłości (aka The Story of Triumphant Love), 1967
Pavoncello, 1967
Trzecia część nocy (aka The Third Part of the Night), 1971

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Żuławski family tree

Jerzy's brother

Kazimiera z Hanickich

Mirosław Żuławski
(1913–1995)

Family tree of the Żuławski family.

Persondata
NAME	Żuławski, Mirosław
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Writer, diplomatist, screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nisko, Poland
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1995
PLACE OF DEATH	Warsaw, Poland