Henryk Grynberg
Novelist, poet, essayist
Born Jul. 4, 1936, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1967; son of Abram and Sura (Stolik); children: Deborah, Adam.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw, 1959, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1971.
Career: actor, National Jewish Theater, Warsaw, 1959-67; journalist, 1971-73, editor, 1982-85, Ameryka, Washington (DC); translator, 1973-78, editor, 1978-82, journalist, 1985-91, Voice of America, Washington; free-lance writer, 1963 -. Retired.
Author, i.a.; Ekipa Antygona (short stories), 1963; Swieto kamieni (poems), 1964; Zydowska wojna (novel), 1965; Zwyciestwo (novel), 1969; Child of the Shadows, 1969; Antynostalgia (poems), 1971; Zycie ideologiczne (novel), 1975; Zycie osobiste (novel), 1979; Zycie codzienne i artystyczne (novel), 1980; Wiersze z Ameryki (poems), 1980; Wsrod nieobecnych (poems), 1983; Prawda nieartystyczna (essays), 1984; Kadisz (novel) 1987; Kronika (drama), 1987; Pomnik nad Potomakiem (poems), 1989; Szkice rodzinne (short stories), 1990; Pamietnik Marii Koper (documentary story). 1993; Dziedzictwo (novel), 1993; The Victory, 1993; Dzieci Syjonu (documentary story), 1994; his books translated to Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian.
Member of, i.a.: Polish Film and Theater Artists Association - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Artystow Teatru i Filmu (SPATiF), 1964-67; Polish Authors Union - Zwiazek Literatow Polskich (ZLP), 1966-68; Union of Polish Writers Abroad, 1968-87; PEN-Club, American Center; Polish Authors Association - Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (SPP).
Honors: Koscielskis' Foundation Award, Geneva (Switzerland), 1966; T. Borowski Fellowship, Polish Authors Union - ZLP, 1966; award, Wiadomosci, London (United Kingdom), 1975; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1990; S. Vincenz Award, Cracow (Poland), 1991.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Yiddish.
Home: 6251 N. Kensington St., McLean, VA 22101.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996