The Pianist
The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945
by Wladyslaw Szpilman

List Price: $13.00
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0312311354
Publisher: Picador

Wladyslaw Szpilman was born in 1911. He studied piano at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. From 1945 to 1963, he was Director of Music at Polish Radio, and he also pursued a career as a concert pianist and composer for many years. He lived in Warsaw until his death in 2000.

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