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Polish writer and dramatist Slawomir Mrozek....
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Sławomir Mrożek
Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist
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.[3]
In 1963 he emigrated to Italy and France, then further to Mexico.
The biographies of these extraordinary figures convey an important message: despite often disqualifying stigmas, it is possible to attain a high social position.In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków. In 2008 he moved back to France.[4] He died in Nice at the age of 83.[5]
Postwar period
Mrożek's family lived in Kraków during World War II.
He finished high school in 1949 and in 1950 debuted as a political hack-writer on Przekrój. In 1952 he moved into the government-run Writer's House (ZLP hea