Stanislaw Witkiewicz

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was a Polish writer and painter. Son of Stanislawa Witkiewicz father. Close friend of Bronislaw Malinowski, travelled with him to Oceania. He survived Russian revolution in Petersburg. Later his works are showing his fear of social revolution and foreign invasion, but are written in specific absurd-like language. He made also experiments with drugs and wrote in small notes on his painting, the drug that influenced him at the moment, even if it was only a cup of coffee.

When Poland was indeed invaded by Germany, he escaped with his young lover to Eastern Poland, where they committed suicide following Soviet invasion on Poland.

Ministry of Culture of communists Poland decided to exhumated his body, move it to Zakopane and give him a VIP burial. It was performed according to plan, though nobody was allowed to open a coffin delivered by Soviet authorities. However, later genetic studies showed, that the body belonged to the old women. His life made a last absurd joke 50 years after he wrote the last absurd novel.