Antoni Libera

Who is Antoni Libera?

Antoni Libera 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 British actors like Barry McGovern and David Warrilow.

His other translations include Shakespeare "Macbeth", Sophocles "Antigon" and "Oedipus the King", Oscar Wilde "Salome", Friedrich Hölderlin, Constantine Cavafy, 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.