Sławomir Mrożek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sławomir Mrożek

Polish dramatist and writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1930

Place of Birth: Borzęcin, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 15-Aug-2013

Profession: writer, playwright, author, painter, journalist, science fiction writer, diarist

Nationality: Poland, France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Slawomir Mrozek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist.
In 1963 Mrozek emigrated to Italy and France and then further to Mexico.
In 1996 he returned to Poland and settled in Kraków.
In 2008 he moved back to France.
He died in Nice at the age of 83.Mrozek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as 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.