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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Born

in Warsaw, Poland

February 24, 1885

Died

September 18, 1939

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Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (24 February 1885 – 18 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, playwright, novelist, and photographer active in the interwar period.
Born in Warsaw, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz was a son of the painter, architect and an art critic Stanisław Witkiewicz. His mother was Maria Pietrzkiewicz Witkiewiczowa. Both of his parents were born in the Samogitian region of Lithuania. His godmother was the internationally famous actress Helena Modrzejewska.
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz – a writer, playwright, poet, painter, photographer, philosopher and an art theoretician. Witkacy was a visionary ahead of his times, and yet a concretely pungent prankster, whose cutting-egde judgement ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 9,962 ratings · 1,508 reviews · 111 distinct works • Similar authors

	Szewcy 2.91 avg rating — 5,642 ratings — published 1934 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pożegnanie jesieni 4.02 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 1927 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narkotyki 3.58 avg rating — 744 ratings — published 1932 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Insatiability: A Novel in Two Parts by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Louis Iribarne (Translator), Biserka Rajčić (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 1930 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	W małym dworku 3.71 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1921 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Matka 3.77 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1924 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	622 upadki Bunga czyli demoniczna kobieta 3.96 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1972 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Madman and the Nun and The Crazy Locomotive: Three Plays 3.92 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narkotyki. Niemyte dusze by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Maciej Urbaniec (illustrator), Anna Micińska (introduction) 3.79 avg rating — 103 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Наркотики. Единственный выход by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Станислав Игнаций Виткевич 4.04 avg rating — 91 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“There must be repressed truth even in lies.”
― Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, The Madman and the Nun: and Other Plays

tags: lies, truth

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“The one thing is fiction in a novel and the other thing is reality. With fiction you don't make a fuss - you can 'beat it' and there's never enough. At least in my opinion - cause there are people, who complain about style intensity in literature: they prefer cereals with milk than abyssinian bitches roasted alive on bringhausers and watered with ya-yoo juice.”
― Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

tags: fiction, fiction-novel, literature, novel, realism, reality

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“There is not eternal damnation, the only rewards and punishments are right here in this world.”
― Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, The Madman and the Nun: and Other Plays

tags: damnation, eternity, punishment

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September 2022 New School Classic Group Read

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay, 1967, 189 pages

58 votes, 29.9%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924, 226 pages

41 votes, 21.1%

The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 1938, 513 pages

30 votes, 15.5%

I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki, 1905, 480 pages

30 votes, 15.5%

Insatiability by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, 1930, 480 pages

13 votes, 6.7%

Permutation City by Greg Egan, 1994, 352 pages

12 votes, 6.2%

Alberta and Jacob by Cora Sandel, 1926, 247 pages

10 votes, 5.2%

194 total votes

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