Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
Polish writer
Died when: 86 years 11 days (1032 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Jarosław Leon Iwaszkiewicz, also known under his literary pseudonym Eleuter (20 February 1894 – 2 March 1980), was a Polish writer, poet, essayist, dramatist and translator.
He is recognized for his literary achievements, beginning with poetry and prose written after World War I.After 1989, he was often presented as a political opportunist during his mature years lived in communist Poland, where he held high offices (participated in the slander of Polish expatriates, literary and other figures who after World War II remained in the West).
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.In 1988, he was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for his role in sheltering Jews during World War II.
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