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Sławomir Mrożek

スワヴォミール・ムロジェク

Sławomir Mrożek

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-06-29 （Borzęcin, Poland）
Died
2013-08-15 （Nice, France） age 83
Nationality
Polish, French
Languages
Polish, French
Religion
None
Residence History
Kraków (during World War II) → Warsaw (1959) → Italy (1963) → France → Mexico → Kraków, Poland (1996) → Nice, France (2008)

Career

Occupations
Playwright, Political journalist
Active Years
1950-2013
Affiliations
Polish United Workers' Party, Polish Writers' Union

Awards

Kościelski Award
1962
Result: 受賞
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1972
Result: 受賞
Legion of Honour
2003
Result: 受賞
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
2013
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tango

1965 Theatre of the Absurd

A play about totalitarianism in the style of the Theatre of the Absurd.

TotalitarianismAbsurdity
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • The Police (1958)
  • Tango (1965)
  • The Émigrés (1974)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Absurdist fictionParodyDistortion
Recurring Motifs
Political and historic referencesNon-realistic elements

Health

  • Stroke
    2002年
    Resulted in aphasia, which took several years to cure.

Legacy

One of the most recognizable Polish contemporary dramatists, known for absurdist plays like Tango.

Quotes

  • Being twenty years old, I was ready to accept any ideological proposition without looking a gift-horse in the mouth – as long as it was revolutionary.
    Source: Baltazar: autobiografia (2006)

Trivia

  • Joined the communist party during Stalinism but later defected and criticized the regime.
  • Had a stroke in 2002 leading to aphasia.