Jerzy Janicki monument in Warsaw

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The Jerzy Janicki Bench (Polish: Ławeczka Jerzego Janickiego) is a bronze statue in Warsaw, Poland, located at the intersection of Czerniakowska and Ludna Streets, within the neighbourhood of Solec, in the Downtown district. The monument is dedicated to Jerzy Janicki, a 20th-century scriptwriter, best known for his work at television series Polish Roads and Home, as well as radio drama series The Matysiaks. It was designed by Antoni Janusz Pastwa, and unveiled on 10 October 2019.

The monument was dedicated to Jerzy Janicki (1928–2007), a 20th-century scriptwriter, best known for his work at television series Polish Roads and Home, as well as radio drama series The Matysiaks. The sculpture was proposed and financed by the Polish Filmmakers Association and the Jerzy Janicki Foundation. The sculpture designed by Antoni Janusz Pastwa, and unveiled on 10 October 2019, at a small garden square named after Janicki, at the intersection of Czerniakowska and Ludna Streets.

The monument consists of a bronze statue depicting Jerzy Janicki, wearing a winter coat, sitting on a granite one-person bench, in a pose shown talking, and petting a dog sitting next to him. Next to the sculpture is placed an identical small bench. It bears a Polish inscription which reads:

Polish inscription Jerzy Janicki pisarz, scenarzysta filmowy Współtwórca słynnych seriali telewizyjnych m. in. „Polskie drogi”, „Dom” oraz radiowego serialu „Masysiakowie” w którym losy bohaterów umieścił przy ulicy Dobrej Zasłużony dla Lwowa, z którego pochodził i dla Warszawy, w której żył i tworzył Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich

Translation: English translation Jerzy Janicki Writer, film scriptwriter Co-creator of famous television series such as "Polish Roads", "Home", and radio drama " The Matysiaks ", which characters' lives he placed at Dobra Street Distinguished to Lviv, from which he came, and to Warsaw, where he lived and created Polish Filmmakers Association