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Sławomir Mrożek

Born

in Borzęcin, Poland

June 29, 1930

Died

August 15, 2013

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Sławomir Mrożek (born June 29, 1930, died August 15, 2013) was a Polish dramatist and writer.

Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as a political journalist.

In the late 1950s Mrożek begun writing plays. His first play, "Policja" (The Police), was published in 1958. Mrożek emigrated to France in 1963 and then further to Mexico. He traveled in France, England, Italy, Yugoslavia and other European countries. In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków.

His first full-length play "Tango" (1964) – a family saga – is still along with "The Emigrants" (a bitter and ironic portrait of two Polish emigrants in Paris) his best-known work, and continue to ...more

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	Tango 3.86 avg rating — 18,396 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elephant by Sławomir Mrożek, Konrad Syrop (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 1957 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emigrants by Sławomir Mrożek, Henry Beissel (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 1974 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artysta 3.68 avg rating — 611 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Czekoladki dla Prezesa 4.03 avg rating — 450 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wesele w Atomicach 3.71 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vida para principiantes by Sławomir Mrożek, Daniel Keel (Editor), Daniel Kampa (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1981 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Policja 4.16 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krótkie, ale całe historie 4.05 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Juego de azar by Sławomir Mrożek, Bożena Zaboklicka (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Art educates. That's why writers must know life. . .If the writer knows life, his work is often progressive, even though his own consciousness may lag behind.”
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“Art has a noble task: to educate man. That's why the writer's part in our society is a most responsible one. The writers are the architects of human souls and the critics are the architects of the writer's souls.”
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“Drugi pewnik, który dobrze mi [kretynowi] robi na zdrowie, to przekonanie, że ideologia - taka czy inna chciałoby się powiedzieć, ale nie można, bo zawsze chodzi o jedną ideologię, tę, którą się wybiera jako swoją - samoczynnie zapewnia mądrość osobnikowi, który ją wybiera. A wszystkie one, te ideologie, zgromadzone są w dwie osobne kupy, nazwane "lewicową" i "prawicową". Dzisiaj nie można już otworzyć gazety, usłyszeć radia, usłyszeć i zobaczyć co gada i pokazuje telewizja, ani też rozmawiać z kimkolwiek, nawet ze sobą samym, żeby wszystko, ale to wszystko - nie było interpretowane tylko jako "lewicowe", "prawicowe". Nikt już nie pyta, czy coś jest mądre czy głupie, uczciwe czy nieuczciwe, wysokie czy niskie, małe czy duże, otwarte czy zamknięte, rzadkie czy gęste, miękkie czy twarde, okrągłe czy kanciaste, suche czy lepkie, grząskie, proste, krzywe, pachnie, śmierdzi, stoi, biegnie, żyje, zdechło, mówi, ryczy, milczy, truje, smakuje, gadzie, ptasie, a może futerkowe? Mój Boże, tyle pytań, można je mnożyć w nieskończoność, bo nieskończenie bogaty jest przecież świat. Ale nie, jest tylko jedno pytanie: "postępowe to czy niepostępowe"."Prawicowe to czy lewicowe".”
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