From the Archives - The reality and absurd of Mrożek
PR dla Zagranicy
Anna Bierzańska
24.02.2012 19:00
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From the Archives - The reality and absurd of Mrożek
Looking at Sławomir Mrożek's short story "The Elephant" to re-discover Polish reality - then and now
Illustration by Daniel Mroz for Sławomir Mrożek's book „Słoń” (The Elephant”) (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Poland, 1957) via wikipedia (CC by sa 3.0)
This week host Anna Piwowarska is joined by media journalists Anna Bierzańska to discuss Poland’s internationally best known playwright, Sławomir Mrożek. Listening to a 1958 reading of his early short story The Elephant, they discuss the grotesque style, its historical context and what it means when people say jak u Mrożka („like in Mrożek”).
Cover: Sławomir Mrożek at Polish Radio Program 3. Photo: PR/W. Dorosz