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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sławomir Mrożek is the 1,379th most popular writer (up from 1,451st in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Poland (up from 319th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Polish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 1,379 out of 7,302. Before him are Ignazio Silone, Albert Barillé, Alexander Afanasyev, Robert de Montesquiou, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf. After him are Jean Chapelain, Deepak Chopra, Arsen Kotsoyev, Jaan Kross, James Patterson, and Robert Browning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 109. Before him are Robert Loggia, Richard Donner, Rod Taylor, William C. Campbell, Tadao Kobayashi, and Michel Serres. After him are Jānis Pujats, Toru Takemitsu, Friedrich Gulda, Jo Bonnier, James Irwin, and Ruth Rendell. Among people deceased in 2013, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 71. Before him are Pierre Mauroy, Kenneth Waltz, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Wojciech Kilar, Patrice Chéreau, and Nagisa Oshima. After him are Ed Lauter, Rossana Podestà, Roger Ebert, Henri Dutilleux, Conrad Bain, and Sara Montiel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 298 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Gunderic (379), Albert Barillé (1920), Bolesław II the Generous (1041), and Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947). After him are Siemomysł (922), Otto Mueller (1874), Daniel Olbrychski (1945), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765), and Grażyna Bacewicz (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Sławomir Mrożek ranks 29. Before him are Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), Jan Długosz (1415), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), Jan Kochanowski (1530), and Albert Barillé (1920). After him are Martin Opitz (1597), Andreas Gryphius (1616), Avraham Stern (1907), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), and Izabela Czartoryska (1746).

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