Paul Kriwaczek (30 November 1937 - 2 March 2011) was a British historian and television producer.
Life He was born in Vienna, the capital of Austria, on 30 November 1937. He escaped from Nazi Austria to England in 1939. He attended Kilburn Grammar School in London and studied at the London Hospital Medical School.
Career Kriwaczek became supervisor for Persian language service for BBC External Services, the predecessor of the BBC World Service, in the late 1960s. In 1970 he moved to television and was producer for documentaries, initially in the Science and Features department and then in the Education department. In 1988 he became executive producer.
Books In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet (2002) Babylon: Mesopotamia And The Birth Of Civilization (2010) Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation (2005), Random House, E=mc²: The Great Ideas that Shaped Our World Documentary for the Small Screen (1997)
References
Paul Kriwaczek. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49428966&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Yiddish Civilization: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation. Publishers Weekly. 2005;252(40):50-51. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=18538222&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization. Publishers Weekly. 2012;259(6):50. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=71875829&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Gold SF, Rotella M, Andriani L, Chernoweth E, Reiss J, Zaleski J. IN SEARCH OF ZARATHUSTRA (Book). Publishers Weekly. 2003;250(2):54. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=8880451&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Murray R. Jews as Real People. Quadrant Magazine. 2007;51(11):87-88. Accessed July 9, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=27347796&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site
External links Paul Kriwaczek biography at Macmillan.com