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