caption death_date death_place religion birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
jerzy kosinsky -lrb- 1969 -rrb- 3 may 1991 manhattan , united states jewish Łódź , poland jerzy kosiński 14 june 1933 1 -rrb- 2 -rrb- katherina `` kiki '' von fraunhofer -lrb- -rrb- ? -- 1991 ; his death -rrb- mary hayward weir -lrb- 1962 -- 1966 jerzy kosinsky -lrb- 1969 -rrb- . jpg jerzy kosiński
 józef lewinkopf novelist suicide
jerzy kosiński

jerzy kosiński -lrb- ; june 14 , 1933 -- may 3 , 1991 -rrb- , born józef lewinkopf , was an award-winning polish-american novelist and two-time president of the american chapter of p.e.n. , who wrote primarily in english .
born in poland , he survived world war ii and , as a young man , emigrated to the u.s. , where he became a citizen .
he was known for various novels , among them `` the painted bird '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and `` being there '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , which was adapted as an academy award-winning film -lrb- 1979 -rrb- .
