Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) was a Polish-born writer and playwright who resided in Argentina for 24 years (1939–1963). His provocative novels and plays have had a profound influence on European and world literature and theater. He is notorious for writing against the so-called Polishness and becoming a character in Argentinian literature. Gombrowicz disliked going to the theater, but starting in the 1960s, his plays were staged by renowned directors worldwide. Over the last 50 years, Gombrowicz’s Ivona, Princess of Burgundia (Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda, 1937) has also become the most widely performed Polish play of all time in other countries and languages. In Bulgaria, Ferdydurke was published in 1988 (2024); his plays in 1997 (transl. Dimitrina Lau-Bukowska), and Iwona has been produced thrice (dir. Elena Tsikova, 1991; dir. Boyan Slavov, 2002; dir. Ventsislav Asenov, 2006).