Marian Brandys was born on January 25, 1912 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. He was a writer, known for Ludzie z pociagu (1961), Tarpany (1962) and Halina we wspomnieniach Mariana Brandysa (1993). He was married to Halina Mikolajska. He died on November 20, 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.