Jan Himilsbach

Jan Himilsbach (1931– 11 November 1988) was a stonecutter, actor, writer and screenwriter.

Biography He was the son of Stanisław, a manual worker, and Marianna. Until the end of World War II he lived in Mińsk Mazowiecki. In 1945, he became a member of the Union of Youth Struggle and worked distributing the newspapers and Chłopska Droga.

He learned at the Provincial University of Marxism–Leninism and worked at the Capital City Board of the Union of Polish Youth. He made his debut in 1951 with the poem Będę poetą (I Will Be a Poet), in Sztandar Młodych. He performed his military service from 1954 to 1956. From 1956 to 1968, he worked for a private stonemasonry firm in the Powązki district of Warsaw.

He was buried at the Northern Cemetery in Wólka Węglowa.

Works Source: Short stories collections

Filmography Source: As actor Rejs (1970) Trzeba zabić tę miłość (1972) as construction site caretaker A Jungle Book of Regulations (1974) (1980, television film)

As screenwriter (1973, television film) (1973, television film) (1974, television film) (1980, television film) (1984) (1988, television film)

Adapted from Himilsbach's short story to a screenplay by a different author Fucha (1983)