Henryk Grynberg Papers, 1970-2010

Collection context

Creator:
Grynberg, Henryk
Extent:
11 linear feet (23 manuscript boxes)
Language:
Polish , English .
Scope and content:

Correspondence, writings and printed materials related to life and work of Henryk Grynberg, American writer of Polish descent.

Biographical / historical:

Henryk Grynberg (1936, Warsaw, Poland), American writer of Polish descent.

Henryk Grynderg and his mother survived the Nazi occupation in hiding but the rest of their family vanished in concentration camps. After the war, Grynberg and his mother lived in Lodz and Warsaw. In 1959, he graduated from Warsaw State University with a MA in Journalism, started publishing prose and essays, and worked as an actor with the Jewish State Theater in Warsaw. In 1967, while on tour in the United States, Grynberg refused to return back to Poland in protest against the communist regime anti-Semitic campaign.

He obtained a refugee status in the United States and continued his graduate education at UCLA, where he received his MA in Russian Literature in 1971. He then relocated to Washington D.C. and for more than twenty years worked for the U.S. Information Agency, mostly for the Voice of America.

Henryk Grynberg authored more than 20 books of prose and poetry (including two dramas), mostly on the Holocaust experience and post-Holocaust trauma. A recipient of many Polish literary prizes, he contributes to Polish press and English-language journals. Two of his novels have been published in English translation: Child of the Shadow and its sequel The Victory. His books have been also translated into Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, and Italian.

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Henryk Grynberg Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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