Jerzy Giedroyc

Jerzy Giedroyc
Jerzy Giedroyc (Maisons-Laffitte, 1997)
Born	Jerzy Władysław Giedroyc July 27, 1906(1906-07-27) Minsk, Russian Empire
Died	September 14, 2000(2000-09-14) (aged 94) Maisons-Laffitte, France
Resting place	Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Language	Polish
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	University of Warsaw

Jerzy Giedroyc (27 July 1906 in Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) – 14 September 2000 in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France^[1]) was a Polish writer and political activist.

A conservative in interwar Poland, after World War II he published and edited a leading Polish-émigré literary-political journal, Kultura (1947–2000).

In 2006 the Polish Sejm declared the year 2006 to be the "Year of Jerzy Giedroyc."

References

^ Polish Culture Jerzy Giedroyc page

External links

Correspondences between Giedroyc and Melchior Wańkowicz Sarmatian Review September 1999

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Name	Giedroyc, Jerzy
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Date of birth	27 July 1906
Place of birth	Minsk, Russian Empire
Date of death	14 September 2000
Place of death	Maisons-Laffitte, France