Author. He achieved renown in the 20th century as a Lithuanian-born Polish writer, excelling in documenting Polish history from the founding years of existence of the Polish state. He authored a four-volume epic, "The Historical Novel: Boleslaw, the Brave," which was written, and rewritten, over the span of his adult lifetime giving the history of the Polish State. The four volumes were "Forest," "New School," "Bad Days," and written with his grandson,"Crossroads." His narrative tells about a Polish man's life, from a rabbi to royalty, and changes in customs over centuries, especially the political state and the Christian faith. There have been several editions of this work with the last being the entire piece in 2000. In 1981 he had sold 10,350 copies of this four-volume book. This was the recipient of several literary awards and other recognitions including being set to music by W. Pietrzak, a patriotic singer. Born into a Russian Orthodox household during the Second Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, his place of birth is now in the country of Lithuania. He graduated from Vilnius University. He made his literary debut in 1925 with a published short story in the school magazine "Hejanl." He held a position at the Vilnius radio station and taught history in junior high school. Before World War II, he was one of the founders of the east European Christian press, "Pax Biweekly" and was co-creator of the poetic group Zagary. In 1945 his family was forced to leave Lithuania, yet he continued to have strong emotional ties to the country. He settled in the city of Krakow in Poland. After the war, he was a member of the editorial board of "Tygodnik Powszechny," the Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine. He published a number of very important political articles that were a declaration of the ideological attitude of the time, as well as literary letters, including poems. Even today, one of his most-known articles is "Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising" in issue #19 of 1945. He also wrote for the magazine of "Znak" and "Odral." In 1978 he signed the declaration of the Scienfic Courses Society, which was an independent educational association in Poland from 1978 to 1981, working to break the monopoly of state over what was taught at the university level. Besides his magazine articles and "Boleslaw, the Brave," he successfully published a dozen more books on various subjects. His 1960 collection of sketches and essays, "Poszukiwanie," or "Search," sold 15,350 copies. His 1955 book, which was a look at the Lord's Prayer from a modern point of view, "Letters to a Friend," was republished in 2009. He began "Adam: The Story of Lost Hope," but died before it was finished, yet parts were published in "Tygodnik Powszechny." For political reasons, he wrote using the pen names of Goa, Jan Karol Wayda, and Jerzy Cichocki.