About
A twentieth-century Polish playwright, poet, and author, he is best known for such plays as The Card Index, The White Wedding, and Left Home. For his poetic work, he received the Griffin Poetry Prize and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Before Fame
He served in Poland's underground Home Army before studying at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Trivia
He was awarded the European Prize for Literature in 2007.
Family Life
His brother Janusz was murdered by the Nazi Gestapo in 1944.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow Polish poet Anna Kamienska.
