Tadeusz Konwicki (born 1926) - prose writer, screen writer and film director. A graduate of Polish language studies. Author of many stories, for example: 'A hole in the sky' (1959), 'A dreambook for our time' (1963), 'The werewolf' (1969), 'Chronicle of amorous occurrences' (1974), 'Small apocalypse' (1979), 'The new world and surroundings' (1986), 'Northern lights' (1991). He has been successful also as a director, awarded prizes at film festivals in Venice, Brussels, Manncheim, Edinburg, San Remo. His films are: 'Last day of summer' (1958), 'Salto' (1965), 'Issa's Valley' (1982). In 1984 Andrzej Titkow made a documentary film, 'Passer-by', about Konwicki. Konwicki was honoured with very many awards and titles, e.g. the Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis (2005), the Award of the City of Warsaw (2007), the title of the Grand Ambassador of the Polish Language (2008).
