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Revision as of 20:35, 2 March 2010 by Marekchelsea (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 347296288 by Varsovian (talk) this is sick, he is Lithuanian of Polish descent?! Think about it...)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jerzy Giedroyc (27 July 1906 in Minsk, Belarus, Russian Empire – 14 September 2000 in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France) 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
- Jerzy Giedroyć, the Lithuanian version of his name: Jurgis Giedraitis, 1906-2000 Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, 11 November 2000.
- CNN obituary
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