Jerzy Broszkiewicz

Jerzy Broszkiewicz (6 June 1922 – 4 October 1993) was a Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist, and publicist. He is best known for his dramas and young-adult literature. The young-adult literature usually took the form of historical or science-fiction novels. The dramas were performed in Poland and abroad, and his works were translated into at least 20 languages, with total print runs exceeding a million copies.

He wrote plays for theatre, radio, and television, as well as screenplays, essays, and critical writings on music and culture. His most acclaimed works include Kształt miłości (1950–51), a novelized biography of Frédéric Chopin, and Wielka, większa i największa (1960), a widely-read youth novel that was adapted into a feature film and was included in Polish school curricula during the People's Republic period. He was active in editorial work for the cultural periodicals and . He received multiple state awards and honors, including the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Life He was born on 6 June 1922 in Lwów in the Second Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine); his father, Adam, was an officer in the Polish Armed Forces. From 1934, he was a student at the in Lviv.

In 1944, he married Ewa Łomnicka and moved to Kraków, but he discontinued his studies in 1945. From 1947 to 1949, he co-edited the magazine , and from 1948 to 1951, he was an editor for the monthly . and in the same year, he became a member of the editorial board of Przegląd Kulturalny, where he was a co-editor until 1963.

Literary work His literary work was diverse, and as a writer with the short story Monika, published in the weekly Odrodzenie (No. 18). and became a compulsory reading book for fifth grade. According to Frycie, in his works for young adults Broszkiewicz "exposed moral values such as resourcefulness, wisdom, nobility, and courage, and combined various narrative techniques, genres, and literary conventions". and film scripts

Selected works Young adult novels

Opowieść olimpijska (The Olympic Tale) – 1948 Opowieść o Chopinie (The Tale of Chopin) – 1950; adaptation of Kształt miłości (Shape of Love) Jacek Kula – 1952 Powrót do jasnej polany (Return to the Sunny Meadow) – 1953 Emil! Emil! – 1954 Wielka, większa i największa (The Great, Greater, and Greatest) – Nasza Księgarnia, 1960; reading for fifth grade during the Polish People's Republic era; based on which a feature film was made Ci z Dziesiątego Tysiąca (Those from the Tenth Thousand) – Nasza Księgarnia, 1962; science fiction Oko Centaura (The Eye of the Centaur) – Nasza Księgarnia, 1964; science fiction; sequel to Those from the Tenth Thousand (A Long Rainy Week) – Nasza Księgarnia, 1966; sequel to Great, Greater, and Greatest; published in the (Young Readers' Library) collection (Dumpling, Kefir, and the Local) – Nasza Księgarnia, 1967 (My Lunar Misfortune) – science fiction; Nasza Księgarnia, 1970, in the (Seven Adventures Club) series and Nasza Księgarnia, 1976, in the Biblioteka Młodych collection – Nasza Księgarnia, 1972 Samotny podróżny (The Lonely Traveler) – 1973; provided the basis for the series Kopernik (Copernicus) with Andrzej Kopiczyński; 19 February 1973 marked the 500th anniversary of the astronomer's birth Bracia Koszmarek, magister i ja (The Koszmarek Brothers, the Master, and I) – 1980

Other novels

Oczekiwanie (Expectation) – 1948 Kształt miłości (The Shape of Love) – Part I, 1950, Part II, 1951; based on which the feature film Youth of Chopin was made Warsaw Uprising Cross Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland (1984) Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (19 January 1955) Order of the Smile

Awards

1948 – Kraków Land Award – for the novel Oczekiwanie 1951 – , Second Class in the field of Literature and Art – for the novel Kształt miłości 1960 – Artistic Award of Nowa Huta – for promoting culture and overall dramaturgical activity 1961 – Minister of National Education Award in Kraków 1961 – Second Prize in the Kraków City Dramatic Competition – for the play Skandal w Hellbergu 1962 – Second Prize in the National Council Dramatic Competition in Bydgoszcz – for the play Niepokój przed podróżą (Unease Before the Journey) 1964 – First Prize in the Competition for Contemporary Television Drama – for the play Ta wieś, Mogiła (That Village, Grave) 1965 – Golden Screen Award for 1964 – for the play Ta wieś, Mogiła 1968 – Città di Caorle Award – for the young adult book Kluska, Kefir i Tutejszy 1971 – Association of Trade Unions Award – for the novel Długo i szczęśliwie 1974 – Prime Minister's Award – for work for children and youth 1979 – Prime Minister's First-Class Award for work for children and youth in the field of literature on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Polish People's Republic – for overall literary output 1982 – State First-Class Award for overall literary output 1984 – Kraków City Award