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Jerzy Kosiński (1933–1991) was a Polish-American novelist born in Łódź, Poland, to Jewish parents, who survived the Holocaust with his family under a false identity and later emigrated to the United States in 1957, becoming a citizen in 1965. He achieved literary acclaim with novels such as The Painted Bird (1965), Steps (1968, National Book Award winner), and Being There (1971, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film), and served as president of the American P.E.N. chapter (1973–1975). Read more →