12 Facts About Jerzy Turowicz

Jerzy Turowicz was editor of the Catholic weekly magazine Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, except for three years in the early 1950s.

Jerzy Turowicz graduated from Jagiellonian University in 1939 with a degree in philosophy.

Jerzy Turowicz made his career there, through all the changes in the political and social nature of the country.

Jerzy Turowicz served as the editor of the weekly until his death in 1999, with only a three-year interruption from 1953 to 1956.

The reason for this interruption was the refusal of Jerzy Turowicz to publish an obituary for Joseph Stalin.

In 1956, Jerzy Turowicz both returned to his editorial post and was made a member of the Sejm, Polish Parliament, along with other Catholic figures.

Jerzy Turowicz was a member of the Polish Round Table Talks during the Revolutions of 1989, leading to the fall of the communist regime in the country.

Jerzy Turowicz's articles published in various dailies and other publications were compiled and published by the Znak publishing house in 1963, in 1990 and in 1999.

In 1938, Jerzy Turowicz married Anna Gasiorowska and they had three daughters, one of whom is the psycholinguist Magdalena Smoczynska.

Jerzy Turowicz died of a heart attack in Krakow on 27 January 1999.

Jerzy Turowicz's grandson is Polish-American cinematographer Lukasz Jogalla and his great-grandson is American actor Pico Alexander.

In 1995, Jerzy Turowicz was awarded the Order of the White Eagle, the highest state award of Poland and silver Krakow service medal.