Konstanty Aleksander JeleÅski (2 January 1922 - 4 May 1987) was a Polish essayist. Konstanty Aleksander JeleÅski (in French: Constantin Jelenski) was born on 2 January 1922 in Warsaw, Poland. He died on 4 May 1987 in Paris, France. At the age of eighteen he left Poland to serve the Polish Army in France. He lived the remainder of his life as an émigré, first in Italy for several years after