WRITER

Sławomir Mrożek

1930 - 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sławomir Mrożek has received more than 143,382 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sławomir Mrożek is the 1,452nd most popular writer (down from 1,357th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Poland (down from 286th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 3.88

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  • 4.31

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Notable Works

Dzieła zebrane
1998
Słoń
Poland
1962
Vatzlav
1970
Utwory sceniczne
1963
Tango
1966
Playwrights before the fall
Drama
The first multi-author international anthology of Eastern European plays to deal with the fall of Communism. Includes: Portrait by Slawomir Mrozek (Poland); Chickenhead by György Spiró (Hungary); Military Secret by Dušan Jovanovic (Slovenia); Horses at the Window by Matei Visniec (Romania); and Sorrow, Sorrow, Fear, the Rope, and the Pit by Karel Steigerwald (Czechoslovakia).
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 1,452 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, Thomas of Celano, Henry Steel Olcott, Arnold van Gennep, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, and Jules Laforgue. After him are Naftali Herz Imber, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Maryse Condé, Paul Rée, Elizabeth George, and Phrynichus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 104. Before him are Itamar Franco, Mauro Ramos, Martin Karplus, José Sarney, John Frankenheimer, and Rod Taylor. After him are Colin Dexter, Paul Veyne, Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Sonny Rollins, and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. Among people deceased in 2013, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 77. Before him are Conrad Bain, Wojciech Kilar, Damiano Damiani, Bigas Luna, Seamus Heaney, and Kenneth Waltz. After him are Wilfried Martens, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Ottmar Walter, Rossana Podestà, Stéphane Hessel, and Arthur Danto.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 319 out of 1,694. Before him are Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Jean Epstein (1897), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), and Grażyna Bacewicz (1909). After him are Stefan Wyszyński (1901), Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Lestek (870), Jerzy Stuhr (1947), and Mieszko III the Old (1126).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 29. Before him are Bolesław Prus (1847), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Albert Barillé (1920), Jan Długosz (1415), Jan Kochanowski (1530), and Georg Heym (1887). After him are Fritz Gerlich (1883), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Avraham Stern (1907), Andreas Gryphius (1616), and Martin Opitz (1597).

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