| Szymon Szurmiej | |
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Szymon Szurmiej celebrating Purim in 2009 |
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| Born | June 18, 1923 Lutsk, Poland (now Ukraine) |
| Nationality | Polish-Jewish |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1951 - present |
| Religion | Orthodox Judaism |
| Spouse | Gołda Tencer |
| Children | Dawid Szurmiej, Jan Szurmiej, Lena Szurmiej, Małgorzata Szurmiej |
| Parents | Jan Szurmiej Rebeka Szurmiej |
| Awards | For Merits to Culture - Gloria Artis Grand Cross Order of Polonia Restituta Commander's Cross with Star of Polonia Restituta Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta Gold Cross of Merit Officer's Cross of the Order Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Szymon Szurmiej (yid. שמעון שמחה שורמיעי; born on 18 June 1923 in Lutsk, Poland) is a Polish-Jewish actor, director and general manager of the Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska State Jewish Theater in Warsaw. From 1985 to 1989 member of the Polish Sejm (he was a member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party). Since July 2004 honorary citizen of Warsaw.[1] Member of the World Jewish Congress.
Szymon Szurmiej was born on 18 June 1923 in Lutsk, Volhynian Voivodeship as a son of Polish father Jan Szurmiej and Jewish mother, Rebeka (Ryfka) née' Biterman. Szurmiej debuted as an actor in 1951 at the Polish Theater in Wrocław. In 1969 he moved to Warsaw, where he has become a general menager of the Jewish Theater.[2] Szymon Szurmiej is a member and activist of different Jewish organisations in Poland and world.[3]
In 2007 Polish writer Krystyna Gucewicz-Przybora wrote a Szurmiej's biography.