Witold Marian Gombrowicz

1904 - 1969

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement:  existentialism
country of citizenship:  Russian EmpireSecond Polish RepublicPoland
languages spoken, written or signed:  Polish
award received:  Prix Formentor
official website:  www.gombrowicz.net

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. 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", while Cosmos is considered, according to The New Yorker, "his most accomplished novel". He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times, from 1966 to 1969. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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