Biography
Being There was written by Jerzy Kosiński, a Polish-American writer who was born on June 14, 1993 and passed away on May 3, 1991. He was born Józef, yet he had to change his identity during World War II as his parents were Jewish. His family survived through assistance of people in his local village, something that was illegal and punished by death to the whole family. He went on to study History and Sociology at the University of Lodz after the war, achieving graduate degrees in both areas while only being 22 years old. In 1957 ...