Adam Tomaszewski (1918- 2002), Polish émigré writer, prose writer and reporter, Polish activist. He studied in Lwów and Warsaw. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising. Imprisoned by the Nazis in the prisoner-of-war camps at Sandbostel and Westertimke, he remained in the American occupation zone, from where he emigrated to Canada in 1948. There he completed his Slavonic studies at the University of Ottawa. In the 1950s, he was a member of the Dragon's Den Artistic Fraternity. Between 1961 and 1964, he and his wife edited the "Prąd Literary Supplement". He was actively involved in émigré activities, especially in publishing and editing. He belonged to the group of co-founders of the Polish Publishing Fund in Canada, and from 1976 for a year he was editor of "Głos Polski" in Toronto. He was a member of the Association of Polish Writers Abroad and, after his return to Poland, of the Poznan branch of the Polish Writers' Association. He wrote and published 11 books, including three memoirs about his home town. In 1997 he received the Honorary Citizenship of the City of Kościan.