Jerzy Zawieyski

Jerzy Zawieyski
Born
Henryk Nowicki

(1902-10-02)2 October 1902
Died18 June 1969(1969-06-18) (aged 66)
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Occupation(s)author, playwright, political activist
Years active1921–1968

Jerzy Zawieyski, born Henryk Nowicki, (2 October 1902, Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate – 18 June 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish playwright, prose writer, Catholic political activist and amateur stage actor. He wrote psychological, social, moral and historical novels, dramas, stories, essays and journals.

As a secretary of the Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Robotniczych, he did organizing work for the workers' educational and theatrical movement. Then he was an activist of the Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. During the German occupation of Poland, he was active in the underground cultural movement.