Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy)

On September 18, 1939, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer, died at the age of 54. An excerpt from the article:

"Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, aka Witkacy, was born on the 24th of February, 1885 in Warsaw and died by commiting suicide upon learning of the Red Army’s attack on Poland, on the 18th of September, 1939 in the village of Jeziory, Polesie region (present-day Ukraine).

The accomplishments of his life’s 54 years could well be distributed among several hard-working biographies. Witkacy has become a classic in front of our eyes, one of the most frequently translated Polish authors, and his texts have been transcribed into more than 30 languages and released in countries across Europe, South America, as well as the United States and Japan. Witkacy is also the most frequently performed Polish playwright of the global theatre scene."