Kornel Filipowicz was born on October 27, 1913 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ternopil, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Szklana kula (1972), Hölle und Himmel (1966) and Miejsce na ziemi (1960). He was married to Maria Próchnicka and Maria Jarema. He died on February 28, 1990 in Kraków, Krakowskie [now in Malopolskie], Poland.
