Leopold Tyrmand
Leopold Tyrmand | |
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Plaque in memory of Leopold Tyrmand at 6 Konopnickiej Street in Warsaw, where he lived from 1946 to 1955 | |
| Born | May 16, 1920, Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 19 March 1985 (aged 64), Fort Myers, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
| Language | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Period | 1948–1985 |
| Genre | Novel, autobiographical novel, crime fiction |
| Notable works | Diary 1954 The Man With White Eyes |
| Spouse | Margaret Ruble-Żurowska (1955 – ?) Barbara Hoff (1957–1965) Mary Ellen Fox (1971–1985) |
| Children | Matthew Tyrmand (b. 1981), Rebecca. |
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Leopold Tyrmand (May 16, 1920 – March 19, 1985) was a Polish novelist, writer, and editor. Tyrmand emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1966 and five years later married an American, Mary Ellen Fox. He served as editor of an anti-communist monthly Chronicles of Culture with John A. Howard. Tyrmand died of a heart attack at the age of 64 in Florida.