Mrożek and his Tango in Brazil

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Keywords:

Mrożek, theatre, Brazil, Polish-Brazilian relations

Abstract

The article discusses Brazilian production of Sławomir Mrożek’s Tango staged in 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, as well as Polish-Brazilian connections and relationships observed among the artists working on this play. A separate part of the article presents Mrożek’s one-week stay in Rio de Janeiro and his contacts with the Brazilian press. The Polish author turned out to be a difficult interlocutor for Brazilian journalists. The article is based on the materials published in the local newspapers and interviews with the director and the actors.

Author Biography

Aleksandra Pluta, mgr, Instituto de Letras, Universidade de Brasília, Brazylia.

Stypendystka CAPES. Magister dziennikarstwa na Università La Sapienza w Rzymie. Autorka książek na temat polskiej imigracji w krajach Ameryki Łacińskiej, m.in. Na fali historii. Wspomnienia Polaków w Chile (2009), Ten piekielny polski akcent. Ziembiński na brazylijskiej scenie (2015), Droga do Rio. Historie polskich emigrantów (2017). Jej książki były tłumaczone na język hiszpański i portugalski.

References

Autor de „Tango” aponta sua peça como exemplo do teatro sem limitaçães, (bez nazwiska autora), „Jornal do Brasil”, 5.07.72, Rio de Janeiro.

Błoński J., 1995, Wszystkie sztuki Sławomira Mrożka, Kraków.

Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileiras, 2017, São Paulo http://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa403044/slawomir-mrozek [dostęp: 14.09.2017].

Ferreira de Lima A., 1972, Teatro, „Gazeta de Notícias”, 4.06.1972, Rio de Janeiro.

Michalski Y., 1972, Universalidade e pulverização. Entrevista a Slawomir Mrozek, „Jornal do Brasil”,15.07.1972, Rio de Janeiro.

Mrożek S., 2003, Tango, Warszawa.

Pluta A., 2015, Ten piekielny polski akcent. Ziembiński na brazylijskiej scenie, Warszawa.

Rozmowy przeprowadzone przez autorkę artykułu z: Amirem Haddadem (13 grudnia 2016 roku), Arym Coslovem (16 grudnia 2016 roku), Renatą Sorrah (17 grudnia 2016 roku). Tumscitz Braga G., 1972, Entrevista com o taciturno autor de “Tango”, „O Globo”, 12.07.72, Rio de Janeiro.

Um tango internacional, (bez nazwiska autora), „Jornal do Brasil”, 22.04.72, Rio de Janeiro.

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Published

2020-09-01

How to Cite

Pluta, A. (2020). Mrożek and his Tango in Brazil. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 21(1), 161–172. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/PPol/article/view/9734

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2018): Pomiędzy Polską, Portugalią i Brazylią. Literatura – kultura – język – edukacja

Section

Polish-Brazilian essays

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