Kornel Filipowicz was born on October 27, 1913 in Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary as Miron Eustachy Kornel Filipowicz. He was a writer, known for Szklana kula (1972), Glos z tamtego swiata (1962) and Pieklo i niebo (1966). He was married to Maria Próchnicka and Maria Jarema. He died on February 28, 1990 in Kraków, Krakowskie [now in Malopolskie], Poland.