Jan Andrzej Zakrzewski was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 journalist, writer, translator. Member of the Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich, Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich

Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich

The Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich is a Polish Writers' Association, an organization of major Polish writers, poets, playwrights, critics and translators. SPP is a continuation of the Polish Writers Association, founded in 1920....

, International PEN

International PEN

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. Awarded the Knight's Cross of the Polonia Restituta

Polonia Restituta

The Order of Polonia Restituta is one of Poland's highest Orders. The Order can be conferred for outstanding achievements in the fields of education, science, sport, culture, art, economics, defense of the country, social work, civil service, or for furthering good relations between countries...

 (1975), Cross of Merit (1973) and Cross of Valour.

Zakrzewski was a soldier of Invasion of Poland

Invasion of Poland (1939)

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe...

 (1939) and he also fought in Norway

Norway

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 (1940). During the World War II

World War II

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 he was an officer of Polish Armed Forces in the West

Polish Armed Forces in the West

Polish Armed Forces in the West refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies...

. After back to Poland Zakrzewski led the art agency "Artos" in Wrocław (1950). He was a contributor of weekly magazine Po Prostu (1950–1957), felietonist in Głos Pracy, editor of Czytelnik (1952–1956), TV reporter (1957–1983), TV correspondent in Paris

Paris

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 (1961–1967) and New York

New York

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 (1972–1976), editor of Polskie Radio

Polskie Radio

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(1967–1972), radio commentator (1976–1983).

His notable works includes Opowiadania (1959), Narwik (1972), Iberyjskie wędrówki (1973), Ameryka karaibska (1979), Jak zostać prezydentem (1980), Zapiski ze złości (1992).