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Witold Gombrowicz
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4 August 1904 - 25 July 1969
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Witold Gombrowicz was born on August 4, 1904 in the village of Małošice, near the town of Opatow (Poland). He was the youngest child in the family of a Polish nobleman. In 1911, the Gombrowicz moved to Warsaw, where in 1916-1923 Witold attended the Catholic school named after St. George. Stanislaw Kostka. In 1923-1926 he studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw. After a brief stay in France in early 1927, Gombrowicz began working as a secretary at the Warsaw Court. In his spare
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Witold Gombrowicz was born on August 4, 1904 in the village of Małošice, near the town of Opatow (Poland). He was the youngest child in the family of a Polish nobleman. In 1911, the Gombrowicz moved to Warsaw, where in 1916-1923 Witold attended the Catholic school named after St. George. Stanislaw Kostka. In 1923-1926 he studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw. After a brief stay in France in early 1927, Gombrowicz began working as a secretary at the Warsaw Court. In his spare time he began to write stories. At the end of 1933, a collection of short stories by Witold Gombrowicz “Diary of the Age of Maturity” was published, released at the expense of the father of the writer-debutant. The book was highly praised by Polish critics. In 1938, the light saw his play “Ivonne, Princess of Burgundy” and the novel “Ferdydurke”, which brought Gombrowicz wide fame. In August 1939, the writer went on a cruise ship “Crobry” to South America. After learning of the outbreak of World War II, Witold Gombrowicz stayed in Buenos Aires, where there was a large Polish colony. In Argentina, he is engaged in journalism, and in 1947 he finishes work on the play “Wedding”; translations of his works are published in Spanish. Among other books of the writer: novels "Trans-Atlantic", "Pornography", "Space", a three-volume collection of essays "Diary".
In 1963, Witold Gombrowicz came to West Berlin at the invitation of the Ford Foundation. After an interview with Radio Free Europe, an ideological campaign is launched against the writer in Poland, and the question of his return to his homeland disappears. In 1964, Gombrowicz moved to France and settled near Nice, in the town of Vence. The writer died on July 24, 1969 from lung disease.