Editing Sergiusz Piasecki (section)

{{Short description|Russian-born Polish-British writer}}{{Infobox writer
| name = Sergiusz Piasecki
| image = Sergiusz Piasecki-face.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Piasecki (before 1939)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|4|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lyakhavichy|Lachowicze]], [[Minsk Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]] (now Lyakhavichy, Belarus)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|9|12|1901|4|01|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], [[UK]]
| occupation = Writer, spy, army officer, soldier, [[smuggler]]
| nationality = [[Poland|Polish]]
| genre = Novel, short story
| movement = [[Modernism]], [[magic realism]]
| notableworks = ''Kochanek Wielkiej Niedzwiedzicy'', ''Wieża Babel'', ''Zapiski oficera Armii Czerwonej''
| resting_place = [[Hastings Cemetery]]
| native_name_lang = pl
| subject = Criminal underworld, [[smuggle]], [[espionage]], [[Soviet Union]], [[Polish Underground State]]
}}
'''Sergiusz Piasecki''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈsɛrɡʲuʂ pjaˈsɛt͡skʲi}}; 1901 in [[Lyakhavichy|Lachowicze]] near [[Baranovichi|Baranowicze]] &ndash; 1964 in [[Penley]], London) was one of the best known Polish writers of the mid 20th century. He was mainly portraying life of criminals and lowlifes of Minsk, which he knew very well, as well as work of Polish spies in Soviet Union and later the anti-Nazi conspiracy in [[Vilnius|Wilno]]; he had personal experience in both matters.

His novel written in prison, ''Lover of the Great Bear'', published in 1937, was the third most popular novel in the [[Second Polish Republic]]. Following [[World War II]], Piasecki's books were banned by communist censorship in the [[People's Republic of Poland]].

After the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]], in early 1990s, ''Lover of the Great Bear'' became again one of the best selling books in the country according to ''[[Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)|Rzeczpospolita]]'' daily newspaper. His other novel, an [[Anti-Soviet]] [[satire]] ''[[The Memoirs of a Red Army Officer]]'', had already been reprinted several times.