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Correspondence, writings and printed materials related to life and work of Henryk Grynberg, American writer of Polish descent.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Henryk Grynberg Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
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2011.2012.M061: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/30/2011.
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07/20/2020 Biographical note was written by Tanya Chebotarev and added to the record by Katia Shraga. Authorities and notes updated, ksd
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.
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| Miłosz, Czesław | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |