Tadeusz borowski biography

Polish writer and journalist

Not to be confused with Tadeusz Bobrowski.

Tadeusz Borowski (Polish pronunciation:[taˈdɛ.uʐbɔˈrɔfskʲi]; 12 November 1922 – 3 July 1951) was a Polish writer and journalist.

His wartime poetry and stories dealing with his experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz are recognized as classics of Polish literature.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Borowski was born in 1922 into the Polish community in Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR (today Ukraine).^[1] In 1926, his father, whose bookstore had been nationalized by the communists, was sent to a camp in the Gulag system in Russian Karelia because he had been a member of a Polish military organization during World War I.

In 1930, Borowski's mother was deported to a settlement on the shores of the Yenisey, in Siberia, during Collectivization. During this time Tadeusz lived with his aunt.

Borowski and his family were targeted (as Poles) by the Soviet Union during Stalin's