Hunting Cockroaches and Other Plays

Janusz Glowacki was born in Poznan, Poland on September 13, 1938. He received a master's degree in Polish literature from the University of Warsaw. He was a playwright, novelist and screenwriter. His plays included Cinders, Hunting Cockroaches, Antigone in New York, and The Fourth Sister. His novels included Give Us This Day. He wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's 1969 film Hunting Flies and 2013 film Walesa: Man of Hope. In 2010, he received the Czeslaw Milosz Award, presented annually by the United States Embassy in Poland to recognize contributions toward furthering relations between the two countries. He died on August 19, 2017 at the age of 78.