Writer, literary and theatre critic and publicist.
Born in Warsaw, the son of a carpenter and upholsterer, he found himself in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. In the summer of 1942, he and his younger sister were led out of the ghetto to the Aryan side. Under an assumed name, he hid in the districts of Warsaw and in a village near Wyszków.
In 1954, Wojdowski graduated with a degree in Polish studies from the University of Warsaw. He made his debut in 1951 in the weekly "Wieś" with a review of Jan Koprowski's book "Opowieść o mojego ojcu." He then began contributing to "Życie Literackie," "Przegląd Kulturalny," and "Tygodnik Zachodni." He found permanent employment on the editorial staff of "Przegląd Kulturalny" (1955–1956), and then on the editorial staff of "Współczesność" (1960–1964). Wojdowski's debut book was the collection of short stories "Wakacje Hioba" (Job's Holidays) (1962), previously published in cultural periodicals. His literary work primarily concerns the events of World War II, including the extermination of Polish Jews. In the novel "Bread Thrown to the Dead" (1971), next to the tragedy of the Jews and the dramatic situation of the individual, he shows the psyche of the victims of Nazism: the feeling of humiliation and loss together with the will to fight for survival and to save one's own humanity and individual dignity.
Wojdowski committed suicide. He was buried at the Jewish cemetery on Okopowa Street in Warsaw. His private archive was donated by his wife and sister to the National Library.
