Sławomir Mrożek (1930) - dramatist, satirist, prose writer, drawer, collaborated with 'Przekroj', the Bim-Bom theatre in Gdańsk and the 'Piwnica pod Baranami' theatre in Cracow. He has lived outside Poland since 1963 (in Italy, France and Mexico). He publicly protested against the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968 and against the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981. His most important works include: 'The Elephant' (1956), 'The party in Atomice' (1959), 'Moniza Clavier' (1967) and the dramas 'Death of a colonel' (1963), 'Tango' (1964), 'Emigrants' (1974), 'Hunchback' (1975), 'Love in Crimea' (1993), 'The Reverends', 'Beautiful view' (2000). His works are performed in many countries in the world. Mrożek is also the author of a collection of drawings 'Poland in Pictures' (1957) and 'Through the glasses of Sławomir Mrożek' (1968). Sławomir Mrożek received many titles and awards, e.g. the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1997), and the Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis (2010).
