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Tadeusz Różewicz
Born 9 October 1921 in Radomsko, PolandHe is a Polish poet and writer. Różewicz belongs to the first generation born and educated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. His youthful poems were published in 1938. Różewicz is considered one of Poland's best post-war poets and most innovative playwrighters.
During the Second World War, like his brother Janusz (also a poet), he was a soldier of the Polish underground Home Army. Unlike Janusz, who was executed by Gestapo in 1944, Tadeusz survived the war and by the time of his literary debut in 1960, he was the author of twelve highly acclaimed volumes of poetry. He has since also written over fifteen plays. This eruption of dramaturgical energy was also accompanied by major volumes of poetry and prose. Some of his best known plays include: The Card Index, The Interrupted
Różewicz at the age of about 60
Act, Birth Rate, The Hunger Artist Departs, and White Marriage. His New Poems was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008. Różewicz wrote many books about the Haulocaust, considering that he did serve in WWII.
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