Tadeusz Konwicki
Tadeusz Konwicki (born June 22, 1926 in Nowa Wilejka , today Lithuania , † January 7, 2015 in Warsaw , Poland ) was a Polish writer and film director .
Life
Konwicki was born in 1926 in the Polish city of Nowa Wilejka, which passed to Lithuania in 1945 and was incorporated into Vilnius in 1957 . There he fought in 1944 and 1945 as a partisan in the Polish Home Army .
After the end of the war he came to Gliwice , then to Krakow , and from 1947 he lived in Warsaw. Konwicki initially wrote a few novels in the spirit of socialist realism , while later, in a metaphorical-grotesque manner, he primarily processed the experiences of war and occupation. In addition, there were works in which he drew a lyrical and mythologized picture of his childhood home, around 1974 in the novel Chronicle of some love accidents (Polish: Kronika wypadków miłosnych ), which was made into a film by Andrzej Wajda in 1986. Another focus of his work was the portrayal of the decline in moral values and social ties in the totalitarian state , for example in the novel Eine kleine Apokalypse ( Mała apokalipsa ) from 1979, which was initially published underground and was filmed by Constantin Costa-Gavras in 1992.
Konwicki is considered to be one of the co-founders of Polish auteur films . A series of works was created between 1957 and 1989 based on his own scripts. From 1956 to 1968 he was also chief dramaturge at the Kadr film studio , which was founded by director Jerzy Kawalerowicz . In 1966 he received the State First Class Prize, and in 2002 the Polish Pen Club Prize .
Literary works
- Rojsty (1948, published 1956),
- Przy budowie (1950) (German: The new route , 1951)
- Władza (1954)
- Sennik współczesny (1963) (German: Modern dream book , 1964)
- Wniebowstąpienie (1967) (German: On the top of the Palace of Culture , 1973)
- Nic albo nic (1971) (German: fear has big eyes , 1973)
- Dziura w niebie (German: Das Himmelloch 1959)
- Kronika wypadków miłosnych (1974) (German: Chronicle of love accidents , 1978/1980)
- Kalendarz i Klepsydra (1976)
- Wschody i zachody księżyca (1982)
- Nowy Świat i okolice (1986)
- Kompleks polski (German: The Polish Complex 1977)
- Mała apokalipsa (1979) (German: The Polish Apocalypse , 1982)
- Rzeka podziemna, podziemne ptaki (1985)
Movies
script
- 1955: career (Kariera)
- 1957: the last day of summer
- 1961: Mother Johanna von der Engeln (Matka Joanna od aniołów)
- 1961: All Souls' Day (Zaduszki) - also director
- 1965: Salto - also directed
- 1965: Pharaoh
- 1965: The moment of peace, - script and direction of the 3rd episode Matura
- 1971: How far, how near (Jak daleko stąd, jak blisko) - also director
- 1982: Dolina Issy
- 1982: Austeria - The house on the border (Austeria)
- 1985: Chronicle of love accidents (Kronika wypadków miłosnych)
- 1989: Lawa
Literary template
- 1992: The Little Apocalypse (La petite apocalypse)
Web links
- Literature by and about Tadeusz Konwicki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait on filmpolski.pl
- Tadeusz Konwicki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konwicki, Tadeusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nowa Wilejka , Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2015 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |