|
A Couple Of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians
''A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians'' () is a 2006 play by Dorota Masłowska. Its first staging was at TR Warszawa, and an English translation by Lisa Goldman and Paul Sirett was first performed in English at the Soho Theatre in London on February 28, 2008. In 2011, a translation of the play by Benjamin Paloff was performed in New York. Playwright Masłowska is a novelist, playwright, and musician, who attended Gdańsk University and Warsaw University at Warsaw, where she majored in cultural studies and started writing poems and novels. She became known for her style of writing with ''Snow White and Russian Red'' (2002) which used vulgar language and touched on controversial topics. Her next novel ''Queen’s Spew'' came out in 2006, later in 2006, came her first plays, ''A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians'' (2006) and ''No Matter How Hard We Tried'' (2008). After writing these plays, Masłowska released another novel ''Honey, I Killed Our Cats'' and, in 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorota Masłowska
Dorota Masłowska (Polish pronunciation:; born 3 July 1983) is a Polish writer, playwright, columnist and journalist. She is the winner of the 2006 Nike Award, Poland's most important literary prize, for her novel ''The Queen's Peacock''. Life and work Masłowska was born in Wejherowo, and grew up there. She applied for the University of Gdańsk's faculty of psychology and was accepted, but left the studies for Warsaw, where she joined the culture studies at the Warsaw University. She first appeared in the mass-media when her debut book ''Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną'' (translated to English as either ''White and Red'' in the UK or ''Snow White and Russian Red'' in the US; literally means ''Polish-Russian War under White-Red Flag'') was published. Largely controversial, mostly because of the language seen by many as vulgar, cynical and simple, the book was praised by many intellectuals as innovative and fresh. Among the most active supporters of Masłowska we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |