Jerzy Kosiński

Jerzy Kosiński

Jerzy Nikodem Kosiński , born Józef Lewinkopf, was a Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. For several decades, Kosinski was famous as a wit, a great raconteur, and a media celebrity. His first three novels were big hits. However, in June 22, 1982, "Jerzy Kosinski's Tainted Words," an article by Geoffrey Stokes and Eliot Fremont-Smith in The Village Voice, accused Jerzy Kosinski of plagiarism and dishonesty. 'The Painted Bird' was widely considered to be autobiographical; the Voice showed that this shocking tale about a brutalized childhood during the Jewish Holocaust was not after all about Jerzy, who actually lived rather comfortably during the war years. 'Being There', which was adapted as a successful film, was shown to have been plagiarized from an earlier Polish novel. Jerzy Kosinski appeared in two feature films a few documentaries and a large number of talk shows. His parents, Moses (Mojzesz) and Elzbieta (Liniecka) Lewinkopf, were well off, resourceful and cultured—though Elzbieta was an amateur musician, not a concert pianist as her son maintained, and Moses was a manager skilled in languages but not a professor of linguistics. The Lewinkopfs, secularized Jews, recognized the Nazi threat to their native Poland, and in late 1939 they acquired papers changing their last name to Kosinski and the father's first name to Mieczyslaw. Kosinski was their only biological child.

  • Title: Jerzy Kosiński
  • Popularity: 0.586
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-06-14
  • Place of Birth: Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
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  • Also Known As: Joseph Novak
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Jerzy Kosiński Movies

  • 1981
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    Reds

    Reds

    6.9 1981 HD

    An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical...

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  • 1989
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    A Fool and His Money

    A Fool and His Money

    4.6 1989 HD

    New York advertising executive Morris Codman seems to have it all - lots of talent and a beautiful girlfriend, Debbie. When he loses his job he...

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  • 1988
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    Lodz Ghetto

    Lodz Ghetto

    1 1988 HD

    The Polish city of Lodz was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entire duration of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto,...

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  • 1995
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    Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski

    Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski

    2 1995 HD

    The making of Jerzy Kosinski. The BBC documentary on the life and art of enigmatic novelist Jerzy Kosinski. Through interviews with his second wife...

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  • 1995
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    The Painted Boy

    The Painted Boy

    1 1995 HD

    "Malowany chlopiec" - The first major mystification of the Holocaust was the novel "The Painted Bird" by Polish Emigrant Jerzy Kosinski, who in his...

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  • 1985
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    The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

    6.7 1985 HD

    For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and...

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  • 1979
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    Being There

    Being There

    7.6 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Being There

    Being There

    7.6 1979 HD

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  • 2020
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    11 Colours of the Bird

    11 Colours of the Bird

    7 2020 HD

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  • 2019
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    The Painted Bird

    The Painted Bird

    7.1 2019 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Painted Boy

    The Painted Boy

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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