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{{Short description|Polish writer (1921–1998)}}
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[[File:Ed i th 01.jpg|thumb|right|Tony Halik and [[Elżbieta Dzikowska]]]]
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'''Tony Halik''', born '''Mieczysław Antoni Sędzimir Halik''' (January 24, 1921 – May 23, 1998) was a Polish film operator, documentary film-maker, author of travel books, traveller, explorer, and polyglot (speaking [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[German language|German]], [[Guarani language|Guarani]] and [[Xavante language|Xavante]]).{{cn|date=January 2018}}

Halik was born in [[Toruń]], [[Poland]].

During [[World War II]], as a Polish citizen under German occupation he was forcibly drafted into the [[Kampfgeschwader 40]], a Luftwaffe squadron, and served in France, where in 1944 he deserted and joined the [[French Resistance]]. For his actions, he was awarded the French [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de guerre]].

After the war, he married Pierrette Andrée Courtin in 1946 and in 1948 they settled down in Argentina.
Soon afterwards he started working as a photojournalist, film operator, and correspondent for various Argentinian media.
Since 1956 he worked as a correspondent for [[Life (magazine)|Life]] and [[NBC]].<ref>[http://www.national-geographic.pl/aktualnosci/antony-halik-tony-halik Antony Halik (Tony Halik).]</ref>

In 1974 Halik met Elżbieta Dzikowska, his later life partner. Around this date he moved back to Poland.

In 1976, along with [[Elżbieta Dzikowska]] and Prof. [[Edmundo Guillén]], he reached the legendary [[Inca Empire|Inca]] capital [[Vilcabamba, Peru|Vilcabamba]].

For over twenty years, Halik and Dzikowska hosted over three hundred TV shows and series for [[Telewizja Polska|Polish Television]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160509084230/http://www.tvp.pl/styl-zycia/podroze/pieprz-i-wanilia/240994 Pieprz i wanilia (online at TVP).]</ref> He also created over four hundred documentary films, wrote thirteen books and many press articles.

He died in [[Warsaw]], Poland.

==See also==
* [[District Museum in Toruń]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [https://culture.pl/en/article/180000-kilometres-of-adventure-one-polish-cameramans-hunt-for-the-perfect-shot https://culture.pl/en/article/180000-kilometres-of-adventure-one-polish-cameramans-hunt-for-the-perfect-shot] -  Tony Halik short biography - article based on biography by Mirosław Wlazły
* [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8326824674 Tu byłem. Tony Halik] ('been here. Tony Halik') - detailed biography by Mirosław Wlekły, Agora 2017, in Polish
* 200 días de Mato Grosso : relato de las aventuras en las selvas de Brasil. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=1NUrAAAAYAAJ Con cámara y rifle a través del Mato Grosso; aventuras en las selvas amazónicas]. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=N4U_AAAAIAAJ 180.000 kilómetros de aventuras relato vívido y apasionante de un viaje a través de las tres Américas]. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish

 
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[[Category:Polish explorers]]
[[Category:People from Toruń]]
[[Category:Polish travel writers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France)]]


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