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3 unusual facts about Zofia Chądzyńska


Witold Gombrowicz

From December 1947 to May 1955 Gombrowicz worked as a bank clerk in Banco Polaco, the Argentine branch of Pekao SA Bank, and made a friendship with and Zofia Chądzyńska, who introduced him to the Buenos Aires political and cultural elite.

Zofia Chądzyńska

From 1949 until 1959 she lived in Buenos Aires, where she led the white linen laundry and befriended Witold Gombrowicz, who later became one of the most famous Polish writers.

After the war she lived in France where her husband, Bohdan Chądzyński, was a Polish consul in Lyon until 1949, then was exiled via Morocco to Argentina.



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