Józef Szajna

Allen Kuharski (Swarthmore College)

Ed. by Roman Koropeckyj, University of California, Los Angeles
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Ewa M. Thompson (Rice University)

Dates

Born 13 Mar 1922
Died 24 Jun 2008

Places

Born in Poland
Active in Poland

Activities

Primary

Artist
Playwright / Dramatist
Theatre Director

Other

Theatre Theorist/ Critic

Resources

Szajna's Works

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Józef Szajna (1922—2008) was a noted Polish avant-garde visual artist, scenographer, and stage director. He was a leading member of Poland’s post-World War II theatrical establishment: a prolific designer; the artistic director of several major theaters; the creator of a major body of visually-driven

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productions; and long the head of the scenography program at Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts (ASP). As a scenographer, Szajna designed a long list of Polish and European plays, both classical and contemporary. He enjoyed a significant international reputation through his retirement from theater in 1982. Along with Tadeusz Kantor (1915—1990) and Leszek Mądzik (b. 1945), Szajna as an

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director/designer defined the Polish school of late-twentieth-century image theater, which…

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Citation: Kuharski, Allen. "Józef Szajna". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 June 2017 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13827, accessed 24 November 2024.]