Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) was a Polish writer and playwright whose work significantly influenced 20th-century European literature. He is the author of the absurdist play Iwona, Princess of Burgundia (1938), the novel Ferdydurke, and other works exploring themes of identity, form, and social convention. He spent much of his life in exile in Argentina and France.
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Witold Gombrowicz's classic drama directed by Krystian Lupa, about a princess whose presence disrupts the order of the court. A masterpiece of Polish theatre at the Ateneum.
A theatrical performance inspired by Witold Gombrowicz's acclaimed novel. The production plays at Warsaw's Och-Teatr.
Och-Teatr's virtuosic adaptation of Gombrowicz's masterpiece explores identity, education, and social hierarchies through a grotesque, energetic play with theatrical form.