About Józef Szajna
Lived 1922 – 2008 (aged 86). Józef Szajna was a Polish actor, theatre director, painter, designer, director and professor.
Józef Szajna (; 13 March 1922 in Rzeszów, Poland – 24 June 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish set designer, director, playwright, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist.
During the Second World War and occupation of Poland, Szajna was a prisoner of the German concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
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Who was Józef Szajna?
Polish sculptor (1922–2008)
When was Józef Szajna born?
Józef Szajna was born on 13 March 1922 in Rzeszów.
When did Józef Szajna die?
Józef Szajna died on 24 June 2008 in Warsaw.
What was Józef Szajna's occupation?
Józef Szajna was an actor, theatre director, painter, designer, director and professor.
What nationality was Józef Szajna?
Józef Szajna was Polish.
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