ellestra | Sławomir Mrożek died today

Sławomir Mrożek died today. He was one of the most esteemed Polish writers - one of those who always get mentioned as possible Nobel winners. Despite long battle with cardiovascular disease he wrote his last play this year. He wrote a lot of things but I will always remember him for his satirical short stories - especially Wesele w Atomicach (Wedding in Atomville) which (along with Lem's Fables for Robots) was the only SF we had in school. Of course we also learned why it wasn't SF but I was just happy they were forced to admit it had any value because Mrożek wrote it. I'm still grateful to him for that experience. Even though I no longer care about validation to made the kid me happy. I'm sad he won't write anything any more but I'm sure his work will make people have feels for a long time to come.