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Antoni Libera

Born

in Warsaw, Poland

April 19, 1949

Website

http://www.antoni-libera.pl/

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He is a Polish writer, translator, literary critic, and theater director. He graduated from Warsaw University and received his Ph. D. from the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Pen Club, the Polish Writers Association, and the American Samuel Beckett Society.

Libera is best known for his translations and productions of Samuel Beckett's plays. He has translated all Beckett’s dramatic works into Polish, as well as some of his other works. He has also directed many of Beckett’s plays in Poland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the U.S. Many famous Polish actors have appeared in those plays, including Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Maja Komorowska, Adam Ferency, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Andrzej Seweryn, along with actors fr He is a Polish writer, translator, literary critic, and theater director. He graduated from Warsaw University and received his Ph. D. from the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Pen Club, the Polish Writers Association, and the American Samuel Beckett Society.

Libera is best known for his translations and productions of Samuel Beckett's plays. He has translated all Beckett’s dramatic works into Polish, as well as some of his other works. He has also directed many of Beckett’s plays in Poland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the U.S. Many famous Polish actors have appeared in those plays, including Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Maja Komorowska, Adam Ferency, Zbigniew Zamachowski, and Andrzej Seweryn, along with actors from the UK and Ireland like Barry McGovern and David Warrilow.

His other translations include Shakespeare (Macbeth), Sophocles (Antigone), Oscar Wilde (Salome), Friedrich Hölderlin, Konstandinos Kawafis, and others. He has translated a number of opera librettos as well, such as Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten, Black mask, and Ubu King by Krzysztof Penderecki.

In 1990 he was commissioned by the London Royal Court Theatre to write the play "Eastern Promises," which was performed in that theater and published in “The May Days Dialogues" by Methuen in 1990 (Polish title: Czy Europa musi zginąć? published in “Dialog”).

Libera's first novel, Madame (1998), was awarded the Grand Prix from Znak (a major Polish publishing house) and nominated for the 1999 Nike Literary Award. In 2002 it was again nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The novel has been translated into 20 languages.

In 2009, Libera published the autobiographical work Godot i jego cień (Godot’s Shadow), which was nominated for an Angelus Award and the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature.

From 1988 to 1993, Libera was one of the editors of the magazine "Puls", and from 1996 to 2001 he was a literary director at the Dramatic Theater in Warsaw.

In October 2010 he was awarded the Silver Medal “Gloria Artis.”
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	Madame by Antoni Libera, Agnieszka Kołakowska (Translator) 4.28 avg rating — 4,060 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Godot i jego cień 3.99 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Niech się panu darzy 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2013	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
	Najlepiej się nie urodzić i inne teksty prozą 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2023	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 Toccata in do maggiore by Antoni Libera, Vera Verdiani (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Błogosławieństwo Becketta i inne wyznania literackie 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004	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
	Jesteście na Ziemi, na to rady nie ma! Dialogi o teatrze Samuela Becketta by Antoni Libera, Janusz Pyda 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Bądź wierny sobie. Od Homera do Becketta 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	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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“I cóż że się dobrze uczyłem, miałem dobre maniery, mówiłem po francusku i grałem na fortepianie! Że byłem wprowadzony w arkana królewskiej gry w szachy i miałem małpią pamięć! Że, wreszcie, wielbiłem słowa i potrafiłem nimi w różny sposób żonglować, a nawet mówić wierszem! – To wszystko było grzeczne, układne, „kulturalne”. Zimne, matematyczne, logiczne, abstrakcyjne. Nie było w tym szaleństwa, boskiej głupoty, ekstazy. Było w tym „szkiełko i oko”, zero „czucia i wiary”. Wszystko w głowie, nic w ciele! Wszystko w myślach, nic w zmysłach! Wolałem kostium niż nagość. Wolałem pozór od prawdy. Opancerzony, zamknięty, zaszpuntowany w sobie. Złożony z ironii, dowcipu, paradoksu, błazeństwa. Blednący na widok krwi. Wstydzący się natury. Nie znajdujący formy dla porywu miłości…”
― Antoni Libera, Madame

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“Oto więc jak wyglądacie. Każdy z was, bez wyjątku. Ze mną zaś jest inaczej: mnie to nie obejmuje. Bo choć mam ileś tam lat, choć też jestem w jakimś wieku, nie pełnię żadnej z ról, które tu przedstawiono. […] Kim w takim razie jestem? I czemu się nie mieszczę w ramach tego obrazu? Otóż mnie tutaj nie ma, bo jestem samym zwierciadłem, w którym odbija się świat. Jestem czystą źrenicą, ironią, artyzmem, sztuką, a to jest – poza życiem.”
― Antoni Libera, Madame

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“Gdyby nie było kiczu, nie byłoby wielkiej sztuki. Gdyby nie było grzechu, nie byłoby i życia.”
― Antoni Libera, Madame

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