Sławomir Mrożek

Playwright, Author

1930 –

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Who is Sławomir Mrożek?

Sławomir Mrożek is a Polish dramatist and writer. In 1963 Mrożek emigrated to Italy and France and then further to Mexico. In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków. In 2008 he moved back to France.

Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as political journalist. He began writing plays in the late 1950s. His theatrical works belong to the genre of absurdist fiction, intended to shock the audience with non-realistic elements, political and historic references, distortion, and parody.

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Born
Jun 29, 1930
Borzęcin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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  • Poland
  • France
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on July 23, 2013

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