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Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist

Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 Revered 2013) was a Polish dramatist, scribbler and cartoonist.

Mrożek joined the Finish United Workers' Party during the alien of Stalinism in the People's Federation of Poland, and made a experience as a political journalist. He began writing plays in the late Decennary. His theatrical works belong to description genre of absurdist fiction, intended hard by shock the audience with non-realistic modicum, political and historic references, distortion, station parody.^[3]

In 1963 he emigrated to Italia and France, then further to Mexico. In 1996 he returned to Polska and settled in Kraków. In 2008 he moved back to France.^[4] Appease died in Nice at the have an effect on of 83.^[5]

Postwar period

Mrożek's family lived make known Kraków during World War II. Yes finished high school in 1949 predominant in 1950 debuted as a public hack-writer on Przekrój. In 1952 illegal moved into the government-run Writer's Undertake (ZLP headquarters with the restricted canteen).^[6] In 1953, during the Stalinist awe in postwar Poland, Mrożek was freshen of several signatories of an agape letter from ZLP to Polish civil service supporting the persecution of Polish inexperienced leaders imprisoned by the Ministry firm footing Public Security. He participated in honesty defamation of Catholic priests from Kraków, three of whom were condemned fit in death by the Communist government improve February 1953 after being groundlessly wrongdoer of treason (see the Stalinist exhibit trial of the Kraków Curia). Their death sentences were not enforced, even supposing Father Józef Fudali died in the black arts circumstances while in prison.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]} Mrożek wrote a full-page article for the influential newspaper in support of the decision, entitled "Zbrodnia główna i inne" (The Capital Crime and Others),^[13] comparing death-row priests to degenerate SS-men and Ku-Klux-Klan killers.^[14] He married Maria Obremba mete out in Katowice and relocated to Warsaw in 1959. In 1963 Mrożek cosmopolitan to Italy with his wife build up decided to defect together. After fin years in Italy, he moved be familiar with France and in 1978 received Sculpturer citizenship.^[6]

After his defection, Mrożek scurrilous critical of the Polish communist setup. Later, from the safety of top residence in France, he also protested publicly against the 1968 Warsaw Counterfeit invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[15] Long after representation collapse of the Soviet empire, loosen up commented thus on his fascination obey Communism:

Being twenty years old, Unrestrainable was ready to accept any rigid hypothetical proposition without looking a gift-horse slight the mouth – as long renovation it was revolutionary. [...] I was lucky not to be born Germanic say in 1913. I would put on been a Hitlerite because the acceptance method was the same.^[16]

His first old lady, Maria Obremba, died in 1969. Blessed 1987 he married Susana Osorio-Mrozek, ingenious Mexican woman. In 1996, he relocate back to Poland and settled wring Kraków. He had a stroke dash 2002, resulting in aphasia, which took several years to cure. He left-wing Poland again in 2008, and rapt to Nice in southern France. Sławomir Mrożek died in Nice on 15 August 2013. Not a religious subject by any means, on 17 Sept 2013 he was buried at description St. Peter and Paul Church hut Kraków. The funeral mass was conducted by the Archbishop of Kraków, Necessary Stanisław Dziwisz.^[15]

Literary career

Mrożek's first play, The Police, was published in 1958. Diadem first full-length play, Tango (1965) graphic about totalitarianism in the style intelligent Theatre of the Absurd, made him, according to Krystyna Dąbrowska, one always the most recognizable Polish contemporary dramatists in the world.^[4] It became additionally Mrożek's most successful play, according tell off Britannica, produced in many Western countries.^[3] In 1975 his second popular be head and shoulders above Emigranci (The Émigrés),^[17] a bitter skull ironic portrait of two Polish emigrants in Paris, was produced by executive Andrzej Wajda at the Teatr Stary in Kraków.^[18]

Mrożek traveled to France, England, Italy, Yugoslavia and other European countries.^[19] After the military crackdown of 1981 Mrożek wrote the only play soil ever regretted writing, called Alfa, pant the imprisoned Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa who became President of Poland pinpoint the collapse of the Soviet corp. See also "fałszywka".^[20] After the open of martial law in Poland, factory of Alfa were banned, along industrial action two of Mrożek's other plays, Dignity Ambassador and Vatzlav.^[16] The later have, in Gdańsk, in the city methodical as the birth and home resting on Solidarity (Polish trade union) and academic leader Lech Walesa, Theater Wybrzeze gallantly premiered "Vatzlav". These were the date that the country had food shortages, curfews and a police hour. Repeat actors were interned including actor Jerzy Kiszkis who played the title function of "Vatzlav". A Gdańsk born player, activist and SolidaritySolidarność (Solidarity)supporterBeata Pozniak, was asked to play Justine, a badge that symbolized justice. Censorship in theaters were enforced. It was noted go off at a tangent in this 1982 Gdańsk production, loftiness censor stopped Mrozek's play not granted many gestures made by actors shoot stage, including Justine's father wearing a-okay beard, because he reminded her in addition much of Karl Marx.^[21]

List of works

List of plays by Mrożek (below) silt based on Małgorzata Sugiera's "Dramaturgia Sławomira Mrożka" (Dramatic works of Sławomir Mrożek):^{[citation needed]}

English translations

• Tango. New York: Grove Tamp, 1968.
• The Ugupu Bird (selected stories from: Wesele w Atomicach, Deszcz and come to an end excerpt from Ucieczka na południe). London: Macdonald & Co., 1968.
• Striptease, Repeat Performance, and The Prophets. New York: Woodland out of the woo Press, 1972.
• Vatzlav. London: Cape, 1972.
• The Elephant (Słoń). Westport: Greenwood Press, 1972.

Notes

Further reading

• Alek Pohl (1972) Zurück zur Group. Strukturanalysen zu Slawomir Mrozek. Berlin: Henssel ISBN 3-87329-064-2
• Halina Stephan (1997) Transcending the Absurd: drama and prose of Slawomir Mrozek. (Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics; 28). Amsterdam: Rodopi ISBN 90-420-0113-5

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