Sławomir Mrożek (born June 30, 1930 in Borzecin) is a Polish dramatist and writer.

He started out as a journalist but in the late 1950s turned to writing plays. The first, Policja (The Police), was written in 1958. In years 1963-1996 he lived outside Poland, in Italy, France and Mexico (in 1997 he returned to Poland). His first full-length play and still his best-known work, Tango (1964, translated 1968), continues to be performed throughout Europe.

Mrożek's works are sharply comical and they belong to the Theater of the Absurd, creating their effects through illusion, political and historic references, distortion, and parody.

Works

• 1957 - Słoń (English translation as Elephant, first volume of short stories)
• 1958 - Policja (Police)
• 1964 - Tango
• 1974 - Emigranci (The Emigrants)
• 1987 - Portret (Portrait)
• 1993 - Miłość na Krymie (Love in the Crimea)

English translations

• TANGO. New York: Grove Press, 1968.
• THE UGRUPU BIRD (WESELE W ATOMICACH). London: Macdonald & Co., 1968.
• STRIPTEASE, REPEAT PERFORMANCE, AND THE PROPHETS. New York: Grove Press, 1972.
• VATZLAV. London: Cape, 1972.
• THE ELEPHANT (SŁOŃ). Westport: Greenwood Press, 1972.

External links

• Mrozek profile
• Interview with Mrozek
• Extensive Mrozek bibliography

1930 births | Living people | Polish writers

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