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Witold Marian Gombrowicz
Polish writer
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1904
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1969
movement: existentialism
genre: short story, short novel, novel
country of citizenship: Russian Empire, Second Polish Republic, Poland
language of expression: Polish
educated at: Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw
occupation: writer, playwright, novelist, diarist, poet lawyer, essayist, author
award received: Prix Formentor
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Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. Because he was a leftist, bisexual, and anticlerical who defied all party lines, his books were banned in communist Poland. In 1937 he published his first novel, Ferdydurke, which presented many of his usual themes: problems of immaturity and youth, creation of identity in interactions with others, and an ironic, critical examination of class roles in Polish society and culture. He gained fame only during the last years of his life, but is now considered one of the foremost figures of Polish literature. His diaries were published in 1969 and are, according to the Paris Review, "widely considered his masterpiece". He was a Nobel Prize candidate in Literature in 1966, according to a recently published database.
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15Gombrowicz, Witold. Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda
1958 play written by Witold Gombrowicz
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author: Witold Marian Gombrowicz
1958