Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski was born on May 20, 1919 in Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953), The Death Train (1998) and Apostrophes (1975). He was married to Croce, Lidia and Stojanowska, Krystyna. He died on July 4, 2000 in Naples, Campania, Italy.