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On the night of July 24-25, 1969, Witold Gombrowicz, Polish writer, died. I have all three volumes of his Diaries in a single volume on my Kindle. From the article:
"Polish writer Gombrowicz died 50 years ago
25.07.2019 16:17
Wednesday marked the 50 anniversary of the death of Witold Gombrowicz, one of the foremost figures of 20th-century Polish literature.
Witold Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) wrote books that stand out for their deep psychological analysis and a sense of all-encompassing absurd.
In 1937, Ferdydurke, Gombrowicz’s first novel, was published. The book introduced many of his signature themes: adolescence, personal identity within a community and ironic examination of Polish society.
In 1953, Trans-Atlantyk was published. The semi-autobiographic novel closely tracked the writer’s personal experience in the years surrounding World War II.
In 1969, Gombrowicz’s diaries were published. Entitled Diaries, 1953–1969, the book is "widely considered his masterpiece," according to the prestigious literary magazine The Paris Review.
According to the New York Times, Gombrowicz’s use of radical “commentary to ridicule authority” which “opposed all party lines” resulted in his books being banned in communist-era Poland.
Andrzej Franaszek, a Polish literature expert, has said: “Above everything else I admire Diaries, which in my opinion is Gombrowicz’s single most important work. He is invariably inspiring and wise when he portrays the tortured Polish soul.”
Franaszek told state news agency PAP in an interview published on Thursday that Gombrowicz is “even more [inspiring] when he writes electrifyingly about the everlasting suffering of the human kind and the whole of the living world.”
Gombrowicz’s works have been translated into more than 30 languages."
On the night of July 24-25, 1969, Witold Gombrowicz, Polish writer, died. I have all three volumes of his Diaries in a single volume on my Kindle. From the article:
"Polish writer Gombrowicz died 50 years ago
25.07.2019 16:17
Wednesday marked the 50 anniversary of the death of Witold Gombrowicz, one of the foremost figures of 20th-century Polish literature.
Witold Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) wrote books that stand out for their deep psychological analysis and a sense of all-encompassing absurd.
In 1937, Ferdydurke, Gombrowicz’s first novel, was published. The book introduced many of his signature themes: adolescence, personal identity within a community and ironic examination of Polish society.
In 1953, Trans-Atlantyk was published. The semi-autobiographic novel closely tracked the writer’s personal experience in the years surrounding World War II.
In 1969, Gombrowicz’s diaries were published. Entitled Diaries, 1953–1969, the book is "widely considered his masterpiece," according to the prestigious literary magazine The Paris Review.
According to the New York Times, Gombrowicz’s use of radical “commentary to ridicule authority” which “opposed all party lines” resulted in his books being banned in communist-era Poland.
Andrzej Franaszek, a Polish literature expert, has said: “Above everything else I admire Diaries, which in my opinion is Gombrowicz’s single most important work. He is invariably inspiring and wise when he portrays the tortured Polish soul.”
Franaszek told state news agency PAP in an interview published on Thursday that Gombrowicz is “even more [inspiring] when he writes electrifyingly about the everlasting suffering of the human kind and the whole of the living world.”
Gombrowicz’s works have been translated into more than 30 languages."
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