Biography
Zofia Posmysz-Piasecka (née Posmysz; 23 August 1923 – 8 August 2022) was a Polish journalist, novelist, and author. She was a resistance fighter in World War II and survived imprisonment at the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust in occupied Poland, Passenger from Cabin 45, became the basis for her 1962 novel Passenger, subsequently translated into 15 languages. The original radio drama was adapted for an award-winning feature film, while the novel was adapted into an opera of the same name with music by Mieczysław Weinberg.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1923-08-23
Deathday2022-08-08 (98 years old)
Birth PlaceKraków, Poland
CitizenshipsPoland
Also Known AsZofia Posmysz-Piasecka, Zofia Stefania Posmysz-Piasecka
AwardsGolden Medal for Merit to Culture, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People's Poland, Zasłużony Działacz Kultury, Silver Cross of Merit
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