Sławomir Mrożek

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June 29, 1930 in Borzęcin, Poland

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Literature & Fiction

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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

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Books by Sławomir Mrożek

Average rating: 3.96 · 375 ratings · 24 reviews · 58 distinct works

	The Elephant by Sławomir Mrożek, Konrad Syrop (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1957 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Wesele w Atomicach 3.79 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	Tango 3.82 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Baltazar: Autobiografia 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Emigrants 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1900 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Six Plays 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Three Plays: Striptease / Repeat Performance / The Prophets 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1972 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Rysunki 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1982	My rating:
	The Mrozek Reader by Sławomir Mrożek, Daniel Charles Gerould, Slawomir Mrozek 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Listy 1956-1978 by Sławomir Mrożek, Stanisław Lem 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating: