Henryk Grynberg Papers, 1970-2010

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BA#0532
Bib ID:
9185512 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Grynberg, Henryk
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
11 linear feet (23 manuscript boxes)
Language(s):
Polish , English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

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

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2011.2012.M061: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/30/2011.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.

Revision Description

07/20/2020 Biographical note was written by Tanya Chebotarev and added to the record by Katia Shraga. Authorities and notes updated, ksd

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.

Subject Headings

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Grynberg, Henryk CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Miłosz, Czesław CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID