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Jerzy Kosinski Biography (1933-)

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Nationality

Polish

Gender

Male

Occupation

writer

Birth Details

June 14, 1933

Lodz, Poland

Famous Works

• Non-Theatrical Career
• Assistant professor and research fellow, Institute of Sociology and Cultrual History, Political Sciences Academy, Warsaw, Poland, 1955-57; fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, CT, 1968-69; Council of Humanities, fellow, visiting lecturer, English, Princeton University, NJ, 1969-70;visiting professor, English Prose and Davenport College Fellow, Yale University School of Drama, 1970-73.
• Books
• The Future Is Ours, Comrade, 1960; No Third Path, 1962; The Painted Bird, 1965; Steps, 1968; Being There, 1971; The Devil Tree, 1973; Cockpit, 1975; Blind Date, 1977; Passion Play, 1979; Pinball, 1982.
• Screenplays
• Being There, 1978; Passion Play, 1980.
• Film Debut
• Grigori Zinoviev, Reds, 1982.
• Principal Television Appearances
• Guest, The Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Today Show, A.M. America, CBS Nightly News, Signature, 60 Minutes, The David Frost Show, The Dick Cavett Show, Entertainment Tonight; presenter, Academy Award Show,1982; Panorama, Washington, DC.