Adam Zamoyski

Adam Zamoyski
Born	(1949-01-11) 11 January 1949 New York City, United States
Occupation	Historian, author
Spouse(s)	Emma Sergeant (m. 2001)

Adam Zamoyski is a British historian and author.

Personal life

Born in New York City in 1949, Adam Stefan Zamoyski was brought up in England and educated at St Philip's Preparatory School, The Queen's College, Oxford, where he read History and Modern Languages (BA Hons.1970, MA Hons 1974).

Zamoyski has dual Polish-British nationality and speaks English, Polish, French, Italian and Russian. His parents, Count Stefan Zamoyski (1904–1976) and Princess Elizabeth Czartoryska (1905–1989), left their homeland when it was invaded by Germany and Russia in 1939. When the Soviets took power at end of World War II, they found themselves stranded in the West, eventually settling in London.

Zamoyski lives in London with his wife, the painter Emma Sergeant. He first visited Poland in the 1960s and now has a second home in an area of great biodiversity near Zamość, where he has planted over a thousand trees and restored a number of traditional wooden cottages.

Career

Zamoyski is a freelance historian and author whose books include two major best-sellers, his history of Poland, The Polish Way, and his account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. His biography of Chopin, Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, was serialised as the 'Book of the Week' on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. . Hisbooks have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and his history of Poland is considered the benchmark handbook on the subject for any diplomat, businessman, or tourist travelling there.

Zamoyski has lectured widely in Europe, the USA and Australia, as well as making regular television and radio appearances. Various debates in which he has taken part are accessible online.

Books

Most of Zamoyski’s books are available as e-books.

Contributions and other publications

• Nine entries by Zamoyski in Grove Art Online, London 1996.
• From 2003 to 2019 Zamoyski wrote over a dozen articles for The Spectator.

Zamoyski has contributed articles, essays and book reviews to various newspapers and periodicals, including The Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The European, The Catholic Herald, The Art Newspaper, The Australian, The Spectator, The Literary Review, History Today, Books & Bookmen, Encounter, Tatler, Departures, Country Life, Event, Apollo, Harpers & Queen, and Turquoise, as well as foreign language publications such as Libération (French), Wiadomości, Tydzień Polski, Dziennik Polski, Rzeczpospolita, Newsweek (Polish). He also worked part-time for the BBC World Service in the early 1970s

Honours and Distinctions

• Order of Polonia Restituta, 1982 (for social work), Officer 1997 (for propagating Polish history and culture), Commander 2007 (in recognition of the part played in bringing down Communist rule in Poland)

• Order Pro Merito Melitensi (Sovereign Military Order of Malta), 1982, Commander with Star, 1997

• Member, Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe na Obczyźnie, 1988

• Freedom of the City of London, 1992

• Honorary member, Polish Air Force Association,1995

• Polish Foreign Minister’s Diploma of Exceptional Merit for Polish Culture in the World, 1998

• Gold Medal Award, American Institute of Polish Culture, for outstanding achievements in literature, 2001

• Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of London, 2002

• Honorary Member of the Polish City Club, 2004

• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2005

• Gold Medal of the Polish Army, 2006

• Fellow, Royal Society of Literature, 2006

• Polish Market Perła Honorowa, 2010

• Polish ‘Bene Merito’ medal, 2010

• Honorary Doctorate of the Polish University Abroad, 2012

See also

• List of Polish people

External links

• Official website
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