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Witold Gombrowicz

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Witold Gombrowicz

Witold Gombrowicz (1904–69) is widely regarded as one of the most groundbreaking and challenging of late European modernists. A native of central Poland and a close friend of Bruno Schulz and Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy), he was stranded in Argentina in 1939 and never returned to his homeland. His works in English translation include the novels Ferdydurke, Trans-Atlantyk, Cosmos, and Pornographia, as well as his stunning three-volume Diary.

Articles by Witold Gombrowicz

From “Peregrinations in Argentina”
By Witold Gombrowicz
At first we feel hatred toward other tourists—but eventually we begin to hate the tourist in us.
Translated from Polish by Danuta Borchardt
Adventures
By Witold Gombrowicz
They threw me into the ocean. At first the egg sank down deep-after which it floated up . . .
Translated from Polish by Bill Johnston
The Rat
By Witold Gombrowicz
The Hooligan flung himself against a tree and lay in wait in a hollow, and the rat flung itself against a log and lay in wait in the log.
Translated from Polish by Benjamin Paloff