Jerzy Kosinski

Jerzy Kosiński (June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991) was an award-winning Polish-American novelist, best known for the novels The Painted Bird (1965) and Being There (1971), the latter of which was adapted into a film in 1979.{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Jerzy Kosiński, The Writer, 57, Is Found Dead. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D9153AF937A35756C0A967958260&scp=4&sq=Jerzy+Kosiński&st=nyt |quote=The writer Jerzy Kosiński was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan yesterday morning, an apparent suicide, the police said. He was 57 years old. |publisher=New York Times |date=May 4, 1991 |accessdate=2008-04-05 }}

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