Jerzy Zawieyski, born Henryk Nowicki, (2 October 1902, Radogoszcz,
Piotrków Governorate â€" 18 June 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish
playwright, prose writer, Catholic political activist and amateur
stage actor. He wrote psychological, social, moral and historical
novels, dramas, stories, essays and journals.As a secretary of the
Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Robotniczych, he did organizing work for
the workers' educational and theatrical movement. Then he was an
activist of the Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej. During the German occupation of Poland, he was active in the
underground cultural movement.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 was staying 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.[1]
Piotrków Governorate â€" 18 June 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish
playwright, prose writer, Catholic political activist and amateur
stage actor. He wrote psychological, social, moral and historical
novels, dramas, stories, essays and journals.As a secretary of the
Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Robotniczych, he did organizing work for
the workers' educational and theatrical movement. Then he was an
activist of the Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej. During the German occupation of Poland, he was active in the
underground cultural movement.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 was staying 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.[1]
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