Dramaty Zebrane. Collected Plays. Tom 3. Volume 3. Teatr Artystek. Theater of Women Artists

Moonrise Press announces the publication of “Theater of Women Artists” is the third volume of Kazimierz Braun’s collected dramas in a bilingual edition in Polish and English. It contains dramatic recounting of the fates and works of outstanding Polish female artists- the excellent painter Tamara Lempicka, a master of the “Art Deco” style; silent film actress Pola Negri, the brightest star in Hollywood in the 1920s; the most famous Polish singer of the 1930s, Hanka Ordonówna (“Ordonka”); and two excellent actresses for whom there was no place in Poland after the introduction of martial law in 1981, who found themselves in emigration but did not stop dreaming about the stage. All these are fascinating women, so different and expressing themselves in different artistic genres, yet, at the same time-so similar in their passion for artistic perfection and transcending themselves in their art.

Author Biography

Kazimierz Braun is a director, writer and theater historian. He studied Polish Literature and Directing. He earned his doctorate at the University of Poznań, and his habilitation at the University of Wroclaw; he also obtained a habilitation in directing at the State Drama School in Warsaw. He holds the title of full professor both in Poland and the United States. He directed over 150 theater productions in Poland-in theaters in Gdańsk, Kraków, Lublin, Lódź, Tarnów, Toruń, Warsaw-and in the USA, Canada, Germany, Ireland, and other countries. He was the Artistic Director and General Manager of the City Theater of J. Osterwa in Lublin and the Contemporary Theater in Wroclaw. He lectured at the universities in Poland and the United States, including the University of Wroclaw, Drama School Kraków-Wroclaw, University of California, City University of New York, New York University, University at Buffalo. He is the author of over 70 books on the history and practice of theater, as well as novels, poetry and dramas published in several languages. His dramas were produced in Poland, the USA, Canada. and Ireland. He has received a number of artistic, literary and scholarly awards, including awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, Fulbright Foundation, Turzański Foundation, Japanese Foundation, and the London Prize for Literature.