Jerzy Zawieyski

Jerzy Zawieyski
Born	Henryk Nowicki (1902-10-02)2 October 1902 Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland
Died	18 June 1969(1969-06-18) (aged 66) Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Occupation(s)	author, playwright, political activist
Years active	1921–1968

Jerzy Zawieyski, born Henryk Nowicki, (2 October 1902, Radogoszcz, Piotrków Governorate – 18 June 1969, Warsaw) was a Polish playwright, prose writer, Catholic political activist and amateur stage actor. He wrote psychological, social, moral and historical novels, dramas, stories, essays and journals.

As a secretary of the Towarzystwo Uniwersytetów Robotniczych, he did organizing work for the workers' educational and theatrical movement. Then he was an activist of the Związek Młodzieży Wiejskiej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. During the German occupation of Poland, he was active in the underground cultural movement.