Włodzimierz Perzyński (6 July 1877 in

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– 21 October 1930 in

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) was a

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writer and dramatist, who was a member of the

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movement. His most famous plays include ''Lekkomyślna siostra'' (1907), ''Aszantka'' (1906), and ''Szczęście Frania'' (1906).Teresa Murjas Invisible Country: Four Polish Plays – 2013 Page 30 "Włodzimierz Perzyński (1877–1930) Ashanti (1906) Perzyński began to write plays when he was having financial problems. At the instigation of

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, he wrote his first comedy, ''Reckless sister,'' which was adopted by Tadeusz Pawlikowski, director of the

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city theater in 1904. Among others, it starred Konstancja Bednarzewska, Irena Solska, Ferdynand Feldman, and Karol Adwentowicz. The 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). He began writing novels while abroad in the years 1907–1913. He wrote Diary of a hanged man, Spring (1911), Fortitous happiness (1913), Golden interest (1914), Once in a Lifetime (1925). He was also a translator, and translated the works of Chiarelli, Sardou, de Flers, de Croisset, Bourdet and Achard, among others.

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Włodzimierz Perzyński
1877 births 1930 deaths Polish male writers 20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights People from Opoczno Burials at Powązki Cemetery Jagiellonian University alumni {{Poland-writer-stub