Janusz Głowacki

Janusz Głowacki

Born	Janusz Andrzej Głowacki (1938-09-13)September 13, 1938 Poznań, Poland
Occupation	Playwright Essayist
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Notable works	Antigone in New York Fortinbras Gets Drunk The Fourth Sister Hunting Cockroaches
Notable awards	1988 Guggenheim Fellowship 1994 Jurzykowski Prize 1999 Tony Cox Award 2011 Czesław Miłosz Award
Spouse	Ewa Zadrzyńska (divorced)
Partner	Olena Leonenko
Children	1

Janusz Głowacki (born September 13, 1938) is a Polish playwright, essayist and screenwriter.^[1]

Biography

Głowacki wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's Polowanie na muchy (1969) (The Hunting of Flies) and co-wrote the screenplay of the popular Polish movie Rejs (The Cruise), released in 1970.

He emigrated in 1981 to New York City in the wake of the imposition of martial law on Poland by its Communist government. There he was nominated for The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play for Antigone in New York (1994).^[2] He is prominent in New York City society and the arts.

Awards and honours

1982: The Guardian and The Times awarded Cinders as the best play of the year
1987: American Theatre Critics Association Award for Hunting Cockroaches
1987: Joseph Kesselring Honorary Mention
1987: John S. Guggenheim Award
1987: Hollywood Drama League Critics Award
1987: Time Magazine awarded Hunting Cockroaches as the best play of the year
1988: National Endowment for the Arts
1993: Time Magazine awarded Antigone in New York as one of the best plays of the year
1994: nomination for The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play for Antigone in New York
1994: Jurzykowski Prize^[3]
1997: Le Baladin Award, Paris
1997: Students of Sorbonne Award, Paris
1998: Critics Award for Antigone in New York staged in Proscenium Theatre in Paris
1999: Tony Cox Award at Nantucket Film Festival
2001: The Fourth Sister wins at International Theatre Festival in Dubrovnik
2002: Grand Prix for the best author at "Rzeczywistość przedstawiona" Festival
2002: nomination for Nike Award
2003: Grand Prix at Two Theatres Festival
2005: Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki
2005: Award of Minstry of Culture and National Heritage for literature
2005: nomination for Nike Award
2011: Czesław Miłosz Award given by US Embassy in Warsaw
2011: Warsaw Literary Award
2013: Gustaw Award
2013: Special Award "Diamond of Polish Radio Three"
2013: Naptune Award - Gdańsk Literary Award^[4]
2013: Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, finalist, Good Night, Dzerzi!^[5]

References

↑ Trojanowska, Tamara (2003), Stephan, Halina, ed., "Many happy returns: Janusz Głowacki and his exilic experience", Living in Translation: Polish Writers in America, Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics Series, Rodopi, 38, p. 259, ISBN 9042010169.
↑ Helen Hayes Award Nominees & Recipients, theatreWashington, retrieved 2013-02-10.
↑ Encyklopedia teatru polskiego, "Janusz Głowacki", Encyklopedia teatru polskiego, retrieved 2016-08-17
↑ "Nagroda Prezydenta Miasta Gdańska "Neptuny"" (in Polish). Oficjalny serwis Miasta Gdańska; http://www.gdansk.pl. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
↑ "Edition 2013". Jan Michalski Foundation. Retrieved September 14, 2013.

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