Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz | |
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Dołęga-Mostowicz in the 1930s | |
| Born | 10 August 1898 Okuniewo, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 September 1939 (aged 41) Kuty (killed in battle) |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery |
| Language | Polish |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | Second Polish Republic |
| Education | Law studies |
| Alma mater | University of Kiev |
Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (pronounced [taˈdɛ.uʐ dɔˈwɛŋɡa mɔˈstɔvit͡ʂ]; 10 August 1898 – 20 September 1939) was a Polish writer, journalist and author of over a dozen popular novels. One of his best known works, which in Poland became a byword for fortuitous careerism, was The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma (Polish: Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy, 1932). Literary historians believe the book inspired the 1971 novel Being There by Jerzy Kosiński, with some charging Kosiński with plagiarism, which sparked considerable controversy in the West.