Sławomir Mrożek
Sławomir Mrożek | |
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Mrożek in 2006 | |
| Born | 29 June 1930 Borzęcin, Poland |
| Died | 15 August 2013 (aged 83) Nice, France |
| Occupation | Dramatist, writer |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | Polish, French |
| Notable works | Tango The Police |
| Notable awards | Kościelski Award (1962) Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1972) Legion of Honour (2003) Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2013) |
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Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.
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. 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.
In 1963 he emigrated to Italy and France, then further to Mexico. In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków. In 2008 he moved back to France. He died in Nice at the age of 83.