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Fredro, Aleksander

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Fredro, Aleksander (1793–1876)

Poland's greatest comic dramatist. His comedies abound in verbal humour and intrigue, and introduce a rich gallery of characters. These include Maz i zona/Husband and Wife 1820, Śluby panieńskie/Maiden Vows 1832, and his masterpiece Zemsta/Vengeance 1834.

Fredro's autobiography Trzy po trzy/Topsy Turvy Talk 1877, similar in structure and style to Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, recounts his experiences in the Napoleonic army during Bonaparte's last campaign. In 1835, he ceased writing for a period, after a swingeing attack by a leading exponent of Romanticism, a frequent target of his satire.
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