Career
He was formerly director of the Yiddish Theater of Warsaw. Since July 2004, he has been an honorary citizen of Warsaw. Szurmiej debuted as an actor in 1951 at the Polish Theater in Wrocław.
In 1969 he moved to Warsaw, where he has become a general manager of the Jewish Theater.
Szymon Szurmiej was a member and activist of different Jewish organizations in Poland and world. In 2007 Polish writer Krystyna Gucewicz-Przybora wrote a Szurmiej"s biography.
Szymon Szurmiej died on 16 July 2014 in Warsaw.