Sławomir Mrożek
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Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.
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Born | (1930-06-29)29 June 1930 Borzęcin, Poland |
Died | 15 August 2013(2013-08-15) (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)[1] Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2013)[2] |
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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. 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]