Photograph by Mariusz Kubik, retrieved from Wikimedia Commons (accessed: December 28, 2020).
Edmund Niziurski
, 1925 - 2013
A prose writer, playwright and scriptwriter, literary critic. Born in Kielce; WW2 interrupted his high school education; spent the first year of the war in Hungary. Finished his high school in Poland in 1943 (underground courses). He debuted in 1944 with a poem published in the “Information Bulletin” of Armia Krajowa [Home Army]. Studied law at the Catholic University in Lublin, then law and sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Member of the Union of Polish Writers since 1952. Received many awards: e.g. Order of the Smile (an international award given by children for pro-children activities), and Gloria Artis Medal for Merit for Culture (Gold Class). Known and appreciated for a distinctive sense of humour and irony. Author of radio-plays for children, film and television scripts. Sposób na Alcybiadesa [How to Get Alcibiades], 1964, and Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa [Unbelievable Adventures of Marek Piegus], 1970, are the most popular among his many novels for young readers. Sposób na Alcybiadesa made IBBY Honour List in 1978.
Sources:
Kątny, Marek and Jan Pacławski, Edmund Niziurski. Materiały z sesji w 70 rocznicę urodzin, Kielce: Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna im. Jana Kochanowskiego, Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, 1996.
Jadach, Jan and Anna Łojek, "Edmund Niziurski. Bibliografia podmiotowo-przedmiotowa", in Marek Kątny and Jan Pacławski, O twórczości Edmunda Niziurskiego, Kielce: Kieleckie Towarzystwo Naukowe, 2005, 177–218.
"Nizurski Edmund", in Leszek M. Bartelski, Polscy pisarze współcześni 1939– 1991. Leksykon, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1995, 289.
Edmund Niziurski, ksiazki.wp.pl (accessed: December 28, 2020).
Edmund Niziurski, pl.wikipedia.org (accessed: December 28, 2020).
Bio prepared by Paulina Kłóś, University of Warsaw, paulina.klos@student.uw.edu.pl
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