Jerzy Giedroyc
Jerzy Giedroyc (also Giedroyć ) (born July 27, 1906 in Minsk , † September 14, 2000 in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris ) was a Polish conservative writer, journalist and politician. From 1947 until his death he was editor of the magazine Kultura , which was the most important Polish exile magazine of its time.
Life
Giedroyc studied law (1924–1929) and history (1930–1931) at the University of Warsaw .
In 1930 he became the editor of a student magazine. From 1931 to 1937 he was married to the Russian Tatjana Schwezow. From 1929 to 1935 he was a consultant in the Ministry of Agriculture, then in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
After the outbreak of World War II , he was evacuated to Romania as an employee of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. In Bucharest he was employed as secretary to the Polish ambassador. In 1940 he came to Palestine via Turkey , where he was called up as a soldier in the Polish army in exile .
He took part in the fighting for Egypt and the siege of Tobruk . As a journalist, he was appointed to the Propaganda Office of the 2nd Corps . In 1944 Giedroyc was sent to the officers' school in Gallipoli ( Italy ). In 1945 he worked in the information ministry of the Polish government- in- exile in London. In 1946 he founded the Polish Literature Institute in Rome , which was relocated to Maisons-Laffitte near Paris in 1947 . Co-founders of the institute were Zofia and Zygmunt Hertz as well as Józef Czapski . The institute published the monthly " Kultura " and the Biblioteka "Kultury" series . After 1956, in the climate of the loosening of the policy of the Polish government , the residence in Maisons-Laffitte became the target of unofficial visits by Polish intellectuals. The “Kultura” magazines smuggled into Poland became compulsory reading for opposition members.
Contrary to the opinion of the majority of Polish emigrants in the West, he propagated the idea that Poland's good relations with Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus serve the freedom of Poland.
Giedroyc welcomed the turning point of 1989 , which meant the fulfillment of his dreams, but refused to visit the new Poland. He rejected the award of the highest Polish order of the White Eagle .
Giedroyc was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1996 and in 1997 accepted the honorary citizenship of Lithuania. He was honored with honorary doctorates from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, the University of Wroclaw , the University of Warsaw , the University of Białystok , the University of Szczecin and the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin .
Jerzy Giedroyc was buried in the cemetery in Le Mesnil-le-Roi.
literature
- Jerzy Giedroyc: Autobiografia na cztery ręce. Wydanie 4. Towarzystwo Opieki nad Archiwum Instytutu Literackiego w Paryżu, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-86907-48-7 .
- Barbara Toruńczyk: Rozmowy w Maisons-Laffitte, 1981. Zeszyty Literackie, Warszawa 2006, ISBN 83-60046-70-0 .
- Konstanty A. Jelenski: "Kultura" - a Polish magazine in exile , in: Kultura, Paris, autumn 1984 (special issue dedicated to German-Polish relations), pages 3–17
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giedroyc, Jerzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2000 |
| Place of death | Maisons-Laffitte |