Sławomir Mrożek





Sławomir Mrożek

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June 29, 1930 in Borzęcin, Poland

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Sławomir Mrożek (born June 29, 1930) is 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...more


Average rating: 3.96 · 375 ratings · 24 reviews · 58 distinct works
The Elephant
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions
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Wesele w Atomicach
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1959
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Tango
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions
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Baltazar: Autobiografia
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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The Emigrants
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1900 — 3 editions
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Six Plays
4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings2 editions
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Three Plays: Striptease / R...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions
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Rysunki
4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1982
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The Mrozek Reader
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Listy 1956-1978
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4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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