A German translation by Karin Wolff in 1998 , '' Das wunderbare Überleben : Warschauer Erinnerungen '' ( " The Miraculous Survival : Warsaw Memories " ) , named Władysław Szpilman as the sole author , and in 1999 an English translation by Anthea Bell was published as '' The Pianist : The Extraordinary Story of One Man 's Survival in Warsaw , 1939 – 45 '' . Two years after Szpilman 's death , Roman Polanski 's '' The Pianist '' ( 2002 ) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival , and the following year three Academy Awards ( best adapted screenplay , best actor and best director ) , and BAFTA Awards for best film and best direction
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76th Academy Awards
The Pianist (memoir)