The Beginnings of A Writer
In 1959, Grynberg graduated from Warsaw University with a master’s degree in journalism. As an actor, Grynberg had connections with the Jewish State Theater company in Warsaw. It was during this time when he started publishing prose and poetry.
While the Jewish State Theater company was on tour in the United States in late 1967, he refused to return to Poland. This defection was an act of protest against the communist regime's anti-Jewish propaganda, and against the censorship of his writings.
In 1971, after two years of attending graduate studies at UCLA, Grynberg received an M.A. in Russian Literature and moved to Washington, D.C., where Grynberg worked for the U.S. Information Agency (particularly for Voice in America) for a period of twenty years.
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