S£AWOMIR MRO¯EK
S³awomir Mro¿ek (1930) - dramatist, satirist, prose writer, drawer, collaborated with 'Przekroj', the Bim-Bom theatre in Gdañsk and the Piwnica pod Baranami theatre in Cracow. He has lived outside Poland since 1963 (in Italy, France and Mexico). He publicly protested against the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and against the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981. His most important works include: 'The Elephant' (1956), 'The party in Atomice' (1959), 'Moniza Clavier' (1967) and the dramas 'Death of a colonel' (1963), 'Tango' (1964), 'Emigrants' (1974), ), 'Hunchback' (1975), 'Love in Crimea' (1993), 'The Reverends', 'Beautiful view' (2000). His works are performed in many countries in the world. Mro¿ek is also the author of a collection of drawings 'Poland in Pictures' (1957) and 'Through the glasses of S³awomir Mro¿ek' (1968).