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A cura di Pietro Marchesani . 16mo pp. 132 Brossura (wrappers) Volume n. 45 della collana "Prosa". Libro a cura di Vanni Scheiwiller e stampato in Azzate dal Consorzio Artigiano L.V.G.nel luglio 1993. In Jerzy Panek, Pazza VIII, xilografia, 1961. Copia n. 785 Dorso sbiadito (Faded spine) Ottimo (Fine) Da questo numero la collana "Prosa" cambia veste La copertine diventano arancione (sostituendo il rosso) e riportano alcune xilografie di Jerzy Panek
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Published January 1, 1993
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Sławomir Mrożek
242 books215 followersSławomir 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 be performed throughout the world. Director Andrzej Wajda made a theatre production of "The Emigrants" in 1975 at the Teatr Stary in Kraków. In 2006 Mrożek released his autobiography called "Baltazar".
Mrożek's works belong to the genre of Theatre of the Absurd, intended to shock the audience with non-realistic elements, political and historic references, distortion and parody.
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Controversy
An illustration by Daniel Mróz for Mrożek's book „Słoń” ('The Elephant'), 1957
In 1953, during the reign of Stalinism in Poland, Mrożek was one of several signatories of an open letter to Polish authorities participating in defamation of Catholic priests from Kraków, three of whom were condemned to death (but never executed) by the communist government after being groundlessly accused of treason.
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 be performed throughout the world. Director Andrzej Wajda made a theatre production of "The Emigrants" in 1975 at the Teatr Stary in Kraków. In 2006 Mrożek released his autobiography called "Baltazar".
Mrożek's works belong to the genre of Theatre of the Absurd, intended to shock the audience with non-realistic elements, political and historic references, distortion and parody.
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Controversy
An illustration by Daniel Mróz for Mrożek's book „Słoń” ('The Elephant'), 1957
In 1953, during the reign of Stalinism in Poland, Mrożek was one of several signatories of an open letter to Polish authorities participating in defamation of Catholic priests from Kraków, three of whom were condemned to death (but never executed) by the communist government after being groundlessly accused of treason.
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July 27, 2020
3,5. może 3,75. ale jednak nie 4.
January 7, 2015
Genialne opowiadanie ukazujące nasze narodowe kompleksy. Język i kunszt pisania powalają.
May 4, 2024
3.5/5
chyba pora przeczytać coś jeszcze od mrożka (w liceum nie przeczytałam nawet tanga)
chyba pora przeczytać coś jeszcze od mrożka (w liceum nie przeczytałam nawet tanga)
April 7, 2025
wszystkie myśli bohatera przypominają jakieś schizoidalne wynurzenia introwertyka na imprezie
January 16, 2025
Na pewno lepsze od Ci, co mnie niosą / ukazuje kompleksy Polaków okresu PRL-u, a także obecne zapatrzenie w martyrologię
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