Zbigniew Raszewski


Zbigniew Raszewski was a Polish writer and theatre historian.

Life

Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Bydgoszcz, where he spent his childhood and youth. He wrote one of the best books on the town, and more broadly on Polish–German relations there, in the form of Pamiętnik gapia. Bydgoszcz, jaką pamiętam z lat 1930–1945 Wyd. Pomorze Bydgoszcz., a compendium of memoirs.
From 1945 to 1949, he studied Polish at the University of Poznań (now Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, later becoming an assistant at the university.
He moved to Warsaw and was involved with the Institute of Contemporary Art at the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as becoming a professor at the Warsaw Theater School in Zelwerowicza.

Works

Z tradycji teatralnych Pomorza, Wielkopolski i Śląska 1955Teatr ogromny 1961Staroświecczyzna i postęp czasu 1963Raptularz 1965–1967Raptularz 1965–1992Raptularz 1968–1969Słownik biograficzny teatru polskiego 1973Krótka historia Teatru Polskiego 1977Bilet do teatru: SzkiceBogusławskiTeatr w świecie widowiskTrudny rebus: Studia i szkice z historii teatruWeryfikacja czarodzieja i inne szkice o teatrzeListy do Małgorzaty MusierowiczMój światPamiętnik gapia. Bydgoszcz, jaką pamiętam z lat 1930–1945
  • ''Teatr na Placu Krasińskich''