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==Oeuvre: bibliography, translations, adaptations== Gombrowicz's novels and plays have been translated into 35 languages.<ref name="Biblio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gombrowicz.net/spip.php?article1289|title=witoldgombrowicz - Witold Gombrowicz|website=www.gombrowicz.net}}</ref> * ''[[Bacacay (book)|Bacacay]]'' (short stories, 1933); original title ''Pamiętnik z okresu dojrzewania'', later retitled ''Bakakaj'' ** ''Bacacay'', tr. Bill Johnston, Archipelago Books, 2004, {{ISBN|0-9728692-9-8}}. * ''[[Ivona, Princess of Burgundia]]'' (play, 1935); ''Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda'' * ''[[Ferdydurke]]'' (novel, 1937) ** ''Ferdydurke'', tr. [[Danuta Borchardt]], Yale University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-300-08240-1}}. * ''[[Possessed (novel)|Possessed]]'' (novel, 1939); ''Opętani'' ** ''Possessed: The Secret of Myslotch: A Gothic Novel'', tr. J.A. Underwood (Marion Boyars, 1980), {{ISBN|9780714526843}}. ** ''Possessed'', tr. [[Antonia Lloyd-Jones]] (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023) * ''[[The Marriage (Gombrowicz play)|The Marriage]]'' (play, 1948); ''Ślub'' * ''[[Trans-Atlantyk]]'' (novel, 1953) ** ''Trans-Atlantyk'', tr. Carolyn French and Nina Karsov, Yale University Press (reprint), 1995, {{ISBN|0-300-06503-5}}. ** ''Trans-Atlantyk: An Alternate Translation'', tr. Danuta Borchardt, Yale University Press, 2014, {{ISBN|0-300-17530-2}}. * ''[[Pornografia]]'' (novel, 1960) ** ''Pornografia'', Danuta Borchardt translator, Grove Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-8021-1925-4}}. * ''[[Cosmos (Gombrowicz novel)|Cosmos]]'' (novel, 1965); ''Kosmos'' ** ''Cosmos and Pornografia: Two Novels'', tr. [[Eric Mosbacher]] and Alastair Hamilton, Grove Press (reissue edition), 1994, {{ISBN|0-8021-5159-0}}. ** ''Cosmos'', tr. Danuta Borchardt, Yale University Press, 2005, {{ISBN|0-300-10848-6}}. * ''[[Operetta (play)|Operetta]]'' (play, 1966); ''Operetka'' * ''[[Diaries, 1953–1969]]'' (diary, 1969); ''Dzienniki'' ** ''Diary Volumes 1–3'', tr. Lillian Vallee, introductory essay: [[Wojciech Karpiński]], Northwestern University Press, 1988, {{ISBN|0-8101-0715-5}}. ===Other translations=== * ''A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes'', [[Benjamin Ivry]] translator, Yale University Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-300-10409-X}}. * ''Polish Memories'', tr. Bill Johnston, Yale University Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-300-10410-3}}. * ''A Kind of Testament'', tr. Alastair Hamilton, Dalkey Archive Press (reprint), 2007, {{ISBN|1-56478-476-2}}. ===Film adaptations=== * ''[[Ferdydurke (film)|Ferdydurke]]'' (1991) in Polish, directed by [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]. Also known as ''30 Door Key''. * ''[[Pornografia (film)|Pornografia]]'' (2003) in Polish, directed by [[Jan Jakub Kolski]]. Also known as ''Pornography''. * ''[[Cosmos (2015 film)|Cosmos]]'' (2015) in French, directed by [[Andrzej Żuławski]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Zulawski|first=Andrzej|title=Cosmos|date=2015-12-03|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4035268/|others=Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet|access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> Won award for directing in Locarno, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/locarno-interview-andrzej-zulawski/|title=Locarno Interview: Andrzej Żuławski|last=Pinkerton|first=Nick|date=August 14, 2015|work=Film Comment|access-date=2017-12-28|publisher=Film Society of Lincoln Center|language=en}}</ref> The documentary filmmaker [[Nicolas Philibert]] made a documentary set in the radical French psychiatric clinic [[La Borde clinic|La Borde]] entitled ''Every Little Thing'' (French ''[[:fr:La Moindre des choses:|La Moindre des choses]]''); released in 1997, the film follows the patients and staff as they stage a production of Gombrowicz's ''Operette''.<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0119689|title=Every Little Thing}}</ref> ===Opera adaptations=== * ''[[Yvonne, Prinzessin von Burgund]]'' (1973), composed by [[Boris Blacher]], in four acts, premiered in [[Opernhaus Wuppertal|Wuppertal]] * ''Die Trauung'' (''The Marriage'') by [[Volker David Kirchner]], premiered on 27 April 1975 at the [[Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden]], conducted by [[Siegfried Köhler (conductor)|Siegfried Köhler]] * ''Opérette'' (2002), composed by [[Oscar Strasnoy]], premiered in 2003 at Grand Théâtre de [[Reims]], France * ''Geschichte/History'' (2003), a cappella opera composed by [[Oscar Strasnoy]], premiered in 2004 at Theaterhaus de Stuttgart * ''Die Besessenen'' (''The Possessed'') (2008–2009), composed by [[Johannes Kalitzke]], premiered in 2010 at the [[Theater an der Wien]], Vienna, Austria, on 19 February * ''[[Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne]]'' (2009), composed by [[Philippe Boesmans]], premiered at the Paris Opera
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