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JAN JÓZEF SZCZEPAŃSKI
Jan Józef Szczepański (born 1919) - prose writer, essayist, film critic, translator,
reporter and screen writer. Connected with the newspaper 'Tygodnik Powszechny'
(1947 - 1953 and after 1956). President of the Central Union of the Polish Writers
Association (1980 - 1983), later president of the board of the Central Association
of Polish Writers (1989 - 1990). His best known works are the novels: 'Polish
spring' (1955), 'Ikar' (1966), 'The island' (1968), 'Captain' (1986), 'Open
spaces' (2001); collections of short stories: 'Behind the mountain pass' (1967),
'Ultima Thule' (1987), 'Little anecdotes' (1990), reportage 'The Bay of White
Bears' (1960), 'End of the western' (1971); sketches: 'Before the unknown tribunal'
(1975), 'Term in office' (1986); essays: 'We're all searching' (1998).
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