Jerzy Turowicz | |
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![]() Turowicz in 1994 | |
Born | 10 December 1912 |
Died | 27 January 1999 Kraków, Poland | (aged 86)
Nationality | Polish |
Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
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Years active | 1930s–1999 |
Spouse | Anna Gąsiorowska |
Children | 3, including Magdalena Smoczyńska |
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Jerzy Turowicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ tuˈrɔvit͡ʂ]; 10 December 1912 – 27 January 1999) was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period.[1] He was editor of the Catholic weekly magazine Tygodnik Powszechny from 1945 until his death in 1999, except for three years in the early 1950s.