Andrzej Szczypiorski

Andrzej Szczypiorski (; 3 February 1928 – 16 May 2000) was a Polish novelist and politician. He served as a member of the Polish legislature, and was a Solidarity activist interned during the military crackdown of 1981. He was a secret police agent in the 1950s.

Life He was son of , a political activist, historian and mathematician, and Jadwiga née Epsztajn. Szczypiorski had a sister Wiesława (1924–1945). He spent his childhood in Warsaw.

During World War II Szczypiorski studied at an underground university called the "flying university" due to the regular changing of its location for safety. He was a partisan of the Polish People’s Army, and a participant of the Warsaw Uprising.

In 1956–1958, he was selected to serve in the Polish Embassy to Denmark, after which he returned to work as an editor on the radio and for publications. He later served as a member of the Polish legislature. He was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

1961: Czas przeszły (The Past Time), Iskry, Warsaw. 1966: Podróż do krańca doliny (Journey to the End of the Valley), Iskry, Warsaw. 1967: Karol Świerczewski – Walter. W 20 rocznicę śmierci, ZG ZBoWiD, Krajowa Komisja Dąbrowszczaków: „Sport i Turystyka”, Warsaw. 1968: Niedziela, godzina 21.10: wybór felietonów radiowych, 1964–1967, Czytelnik, Warsaw. 1971: Msza za miasto Arras, Czytelnik, Warsaw. 1980: Trzej ludzie w bardzo długiej podróży (Three People On A Very Long Journey), Czytelnik, Warsaw. 1983: Z notatnika stanu wojennego, Polonia, London. 1986: Początek (The Origin), Instytut Literacki, Paris. 1990: Amerykańska whiskey i inne opowiadania (American Whiskey and Other Stories), Kantor Wydawniczy SAWW, Poznań. 1991: Noc, dzień i noc (Night, Day and Night), Kantor Wydawniczy SAWW, Poznań. 1994: Autoportret z kobietą (Autoportrait with a Woman), Kantor Wydawniczy SAWW, Poznań. 1999: Gra z ogniem (Playing with Fire), Sens, Poznań.

Awards and honours 1972: Polish PEN-Club Prize 1988: Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1989: Nelly Sachs Prize 1994: Herder Prize 1995: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1997: Order of Polonia Restituta by the President of the Republic for his services to Poland