Włodzimierz Perzyński
Włodzimierz Perzyński (6 July 1877 in Opoczno – 21 October 1930 in Warsaw) was a Polish writer and dramatist, who was a member of the Young Poland movement. His most famous plays include Lekkomyślna siostra (1907), Aszantka (1906), and Szczęście Frania (1906).[1]
His theater debut was due to financial problems. Artist at the instigation of Stanisław Ostrowski wrote his first comedy Reckless sister, which was adopted by Tadeusz Pawlikowski, director of the Lviv city theater in 1904, starring, among others, Konstancja Bednarzewska, Irena Solska, Ferdynand Feldman, and Karol Adwentowicz. Play was a success. Other theater plays are Aszantka (1906), May Sun (1906), Happiness Frances (1909), Idealists (1909), The History of Joseph (1913), Scarecrow (1916) Politics (1920), Smile of fate (1927), Doctors love (1928), Thank you for your service (1929). As a novelist, and his debut novelist while abroad in the years 1907–1913. Wrote, Diary of a hanged man, Spring (1911), Fortitous happiness (1913), Golden interest (1914), Once in a Lifetime (1925). He was also a translator activity, explaining, among others Chiarellego, Sardou, de Flers, de Croisset, Bourdet and Achard.
References
- Teresa Murjas Invisible Country: Four Polish Plays – 2013 Page 30 "Włodzimierz Perzyński (1877–1930) Ashanti (1906) Perzyński's dramas have consistently formed a staple of the Polish theatrical repertoire into the twenty-first century. Perzyński's success as a playwright, all the more notable given that he died.