Janusz Glowacki

Janusz Głowacki
Born	Janusz Andrzej Głowacki (1938-09-13)September 13, 1938 Poznań, Poland
Occupation	Playwright Essayist
Nationality	Polish
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Notable works	Antigone in New York Fortinbras Gets Drunk The Fourth Sister Hunting Cockroaches
Notable awards	1988  Guggenheim Fellowship 1994  Jurzykowski Prize 1999  Tony Cox Award 2011  Czesław Miłosz Award
Spouse	Ewa Zadrzyńska (divorced)
Partner	Olena Leonenko
Children	1

Janusz Głowacki (born September 13, 1938) is a Polish playwright, essayist and screenwriter.

Głowacki wrote the screenplay for Andrzej Wajda's Polowanie na muchy (1969) (The Hunting of Flies) and co-wrote the screenplay of the popular Polish movie Rejs (The Cruise), released in 1970.

He emigrated in 1981 to New York City in the wake of the imposition of martial law on Poland by its Communist government. There he was nominated for The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play for Antigone in New York (1994). He is prominent in New York City society and the arts.

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