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Wajda, Andrzej (än`jā vī`dä), 1926–, Polish film director. His films are often studies of Poland's history and its recent or contemporary politics and often concentrate on the national yearning for freedom. They include A Generation (1954), Kanal (1957), Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Man of Marble (1977), Man of Iron (1981), Danton (1982), Korczak (1990), and Pan Tadeusz (1999). Wajda, who is also a theater director, was active in Polish politics after the end of Communist rule, serving in the senate (1989–91) and as chairman of the nation's Cultural Council (1992–94). In 2000 he received a special lifetime-achievement Academy Award. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It owes its existence to the film and theatre director Andrzej Wajda, who donated his Kyoto Prize to establish it as a home for the Japanese art collection built up at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by Feliks Jasienski. The irony was that Wajda made the films under the oppressive hand of the Soviets. What a long, strange trip this honorary Oscar took when Jane Fonda handed it to Polish director Andrzej Wajda at this year's Academy Awards. |
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