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Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919–2000) was a Polish writer, journalist and literary critic.

Also recorded as Gustaw Herling · Gustaw Herling Grudzinski · Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski · Gustav Herling

Biography

Born at Kielce in 1919, died in Naples in 2000.

Gustaw Herling-Grudziński studied at University of Warsaw and I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stefana Żeromskiego w Kielcach. The recorded working language is Polish and Italian.

The field of work recorded is prose. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are diary.

Employment is recorded with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kultura and Instytut Literacki.

Works named in the authority record are A World Apart.

Distinctions recorded are Order of the White Eagle, Kościelski Award, Viareggio-Versilia International Prize and honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

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  • Naples
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  • Kielce

    Birth place

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.

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