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Tadeusz Różewicz

Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish translator, poet, playwright, dramaturge and writer (1921–2014). He was born in Radomsko and died in Wrocław.

Also recorded as Tadeusz Rozewicz

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The poet Pisalem ("I wrote") by the Polish poet Tadeusz Różewicz on a wall of the building at Oude Vest 79, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Biography

He also worked under the name Satyr. The authorities additionally record the heading Tadeusz Rozewicz. His recorded language was Polish.

He was the child of Stefania Różewicz. He married Wiesława Różewicz. One child is recorded: Jan Różewicz.

Tadeusz Różewicz worked in fiction, drama, literature and poetry.

He belonged to Polish Academy of Learning, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts and Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich.

Tadeusz Różewicz is recorded as having received Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize and Armia Krajowa Cross.

Tadeusz Różewicz studied at Jagiellonian University. The recorded working language is Polish.

The field of work recorded is fiction, drama and literature.

Distinctions recorded are Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Armia Krajowa Cross and Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Nagrobek T. Różewicza na cmentarzu ewangelickim przy Świątyni Wang w Karpaczu (2020)

Nagrobek T. Różewicza na cmentarzu ewangelickim przy Świątyni Wang w Karpaczu (2020)

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Catalogued output

Works

White wedding. 4 contemporary Polish poets.

  • Karl Dedecius - Tadeusz Różewicz

  • Bianca

  • Pauline

  • Mother

  • Father. Cook

  • Grandfather

  • Aunt. Hunter

  • Benjamin

  • Felix

  • Kartoteka

  • Opowidania wybrane

  • Poezje wybrane

  • Znikanie

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  • Bianca

  • Pauline

  • Mother

  • Father. Cook

  • Grandfather

  • Aunt. Hunter

  • Benjamin

  • Felix

  • Kartoteka

  • Opowidania wybrane

  • Poezje wybrane

  • Znikanie

  • Zwierciadło

  • Korespondencja

  • Wybór wierszy

  • Głos Anonima

  • Akheron be-tsohare ha-yom

  • Nic w płaszczu Prospera

  • Poezje zebrane. [Poems]

  • Teatr niekonsekwencji

  • Twarz trzecia

  • Das unterbrochene Gespräch

  • Karl Dedecius - Tadeusz Różewicz

  • Uśmiechy

A further 18 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1921–2014

  1. 1921

    Life

    Tadeusz Różewicz was born in 1921 at Radomsko.

  2. 1972

    Institution

    megmenekult (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  3. 1973

    Institution

    PROZA (1973) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  4. 1997

    Institution

    The trap (1997) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 2014

    Life

    Tadeusz Różewicz died in 2014 at Wrocław.

The full dated record · 5 entries

  1. 1921

    Tadeusz Różewicz was born in 1921 at Radomsko.

  2. 1972

    megmenekult (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  3. 1973

    PROZA (1973) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  4. 1997

    The trap (1997) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 2014

    Tadeusz Różewicz died in 2014 at Wrocław.

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Places

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  • Radomsko

    Birth place

  • Wrocław

    Death place

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Collections

Tadeusz Różewicz received Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Armia Krajowa Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki and Austrian State Prize for European Literature.

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

reference work

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Literature

Bibliography

  • Tadeusz Różewicz, "Ciemne źródło", Czytanie Literatury. Łódzkie Studia Literaturoznawcze, 2013

  • Niepokoje

  • Tadeusz Różewicz wobec tzw. Zwierząt hodowlanych, Narracje o Zagładzie, 2017

  • Tadeusz Różewicz czyta Brunona Schulza

  • Materialne ślady lektury, Schulz/Forum, 2023

  • Marcin Świetlicki a Tadeusz Różewicz

  • Dwa głosy o "sacrum", Czytanie Literatury. Łódzkie Studia Literaturoznawcze, 2013

  • Błądzący poeci

  • Tadeusz Różewicz i Bolesław Leśmian, Litteraria Copernicana, 2023

  • Tadeusz Różewicz tra l’immondezzaio e il silenzio, eSamizdat, 2021

  • Teatr Tadeusza Różewicza, Pamiętnik Teatralny, 1974

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