Jerzy Zawieyski

During the German occupation of Poland, he was active in the underground cultural movement.

The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is actor. Positions recorded include member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. Distinctions recorded are Silver Cross of Merit, Silver Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature and Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Name — Jerzy Zawieyski • Birth Name — Henryk Nowicki • Born — 2 October 1902 • Birthplace — Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland • Died — 18 June 1969 • Place of death — Warsaw, Poland • Occupation — author, playwright, political activist • Years Active — 1921–1968

• Illustration — grave of Jerzy Zawieyski and his partner Stanisław Trębaczkiewicz. In 1921, Zawieyski made his debut with poems (Strzępy) under the pseudonym Konar-Nowicki. In 1926, he graduated from the School of Drama in Kraków. From 1926 to 1928, he was an actor at the Reduta Theatre and editor of the magazine Teatr Ludowy. From 1929 to 1931, he stayed in France, where he worked as an instructor of Polonia amateur drama groups. After returning to Poland, until 1939, he worked as the director of the Instytut Teatrów Ludowych (Institute for Folklore Theaters), actor and literary manager of the Ataneum Theatre. In his youth, Zawieyski had been an atheist and did not convert to Catholicism until the 1930s. After World War II, Zawieyski worked as a lecturer at the Catholic University of Lublin (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, KUL). He co-founded the Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej, whose president he was until 1957. He was a member of the editorial boards of Tygodnik Powszechny (From 1946 until 1952, and again from 1956) and Znak (1946–1951 and from 1957). In 1949, he was awarded by the Polish episcopate. In 1957–1969, he was a member of the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland. In 1957–1968, he was a member of the Polish Council of State when he was removed after a parliamentary protest in connection with the March events. Zawieyski was homosexual. In 1933 he met Stanisław Trębaczkiewicz. They fell in love and lived together until Zawieyski's death in 1969. They were buried next to each other in the Laski Cemetery near Warsaw.

• Novels • Gdzie jesteś, przyjacielu (1932) • Daleko do rana (1932) • Droga do domu (1946) • Wawrzyny i cyprysy (1966) • Konrad nie chce zejść ze sceny (1966) • Dramas • Dyktator Faust • Powrót Przełęckiego • Mąż doskonały • Rozdroże miłości • Rzeka niedoli (1953) • Tyrteusz • Pożegnanie z Salomeą • Stories • Romans z ojczyzną (1963) • Essays • Próby ognia i czasu (1958) • Pomiędzy plewą i manną (1971) • Droga katechumena (1971) • Film scenarios • Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny (1957) • Odwiedziny prezydenta (1961) • Memoirs • Dobrze, że byli (1974) • Kartki z dziennika 1955-1969 (1983)

Jerzy Zawieyski was recorded at birth as Henryk Feintuch. He also worked under the names Konar-Nowicki and Jerzy Zawieyski. The authorities additionally record the heading Henryk Nowicki. His recorded language was Polish. His recorded confession was Catholic Church.

Jerzy Zawieyski is recorded as having received Silver Cross of Merit, Silver Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature and Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.