Miron Białoszewski

In 1955 Białoszewski took part in the foundation of a small theatre called Teatr na Tarczyńskiej, where he premiered his plays Wiwisekcja and Osmędeusze, and acted in them with Ludmiła Murawska.

Another great example of Białoszewski’s innovative approach to literature and language is Chamowo – another memoir in which he describes one year of his life after suffering from heart attack.

The language is vivid, it very often tries to show how regular people communicate in everyday situations, at the same time it can be rich in metaphors and mysterious.

Białoszewski depicts his everyday life, where he tries to adapt to new reality of living in a new apartment situated in heretofore unknown part of Warsaw, colloquially called Chamowo, hence the name of the book.

There is a large body of literature devoted to the critical analysis of Białoszewski's works - most notably by such writers and academics as Czesław Miłosz, Maria Janion, Stanisław Barańczak, Jan Błoński, Kazimierz Wyka and Artur Sandauer.