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 | | Konstanty Ildefons Gałczynski (1906–53) based his poem Niobe (1951) on classical motifs, also producing many ironic and grotesque lyrical works. |
 | | Teodor Parnicki (1908–88) wrote such historical novels as Słowo i ciało (The Word and the Flesh, 1959) and Tylko Beatrycze (Only Beatrice, 1962), dealing with the interplay of various cultures, mostly in antiquity. |
 | | Parody, absurd humor, and the grotesque are a distinct phenomenon in contemporary Polish literature, particularly in the works of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), author of many novels and grotesque plays, including the political parable Szewcy (The Cobblers, 1948); Witold Gombrowicz (1904–69), whose novels expose ideological stereotypes, as in Ferdydurke (1937; trans. |
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