Stanislaw Witkiewicz (International) assertion Stanislaw Witkiewicz i(A65656 works by) (a.k.a. Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz; 'Witkacy')
Born: Established: 24 Feb 1885 Warsaw,
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Poland,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 18 Sep 1939
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Belarus,
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Former Soviet Union,
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Eastern Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1914 Departed from Australia: 1914
Heritage: Polish
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1 y separately published work icon Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf Stanislaw Witkiewicz , Daniel Gerould (editor), London : Routledge , 2002 7354210 2002 selected work drama
1 y separately published work icon Tropical Madness : Four Plays Stanislaw Witkiewicz , New York (City) : Winter House , 1972 7354783 1972 selected work drama
3 1 Metafizyka Dwugłowego Cielęcia Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf Stanislaw Witkiewicz , 1928 ( trans. Koukou Chanska et. al. )agent with title La métaphysique d'un veau à deux têtes : pièce tropico-australienne en trois actes ) Paris : Gallimard , 1969 7356072 1928 single work drama
— Appears in: Tropical Madness : Four Plays 1972; (p. 173-235)
— Appears in: Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf 2002; (p. 61-104)

'Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf, set in New Guinea and Australia, pits savage European imperialists against a native tribal chieftain whose fetish of a great golden frog offers greater insight into the mystery of existence than the Westerners' shallow rationalism.' - cover note, Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf
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