Possessed (novel)

Novel

Possessed Author| Witold Gombrowicz

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Original title| Opętani
Language| Polish

Publication date

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Publication place| Poland

Possessed (Polish: Opętani) is a 1939 novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, published under the pseudonym Zdzisław Niewieski. It is a pastiche of gothic and serial novels in the vein of Horace Walpole and Eugène Sue.[1]

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## Publication

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The novel was serialised in the summer 1939 in two Polish daily newspapers, under the pseudonym Zdzisław Niewieski.[2] Only the first two parts were published before the outbreak of World War II. Witold Gombrowicz never claimed authorship of the work until a few days before his death in 1969. It was first published in book form in 1973 and translated from a French translation into English in 1980 by J. A. Underwood. In 1986, the three final parts of the novel were discovered. The full version was published in 1990 and a new English complete translation by Antonia Lloyd-Jones was published in 2023.[1]

## See also

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* 1939 in literature
* Polish literature

## References

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1. ^ a b "Possessed". gombrowicz.net. Rita Gombrowicz. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
2. ^ Majewska Thompson, Ewa (1979). Witold Gombrowicz. Boston: Twayne Publishers. p. 19\. ISBN 978-0-8057-6351-5.

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Works by Witold Gombrowicz

* Bacacay
* Ivona, Princess of Burgundia
* Ferdydurke
* Possessed
* The Marriage
* Trans-Atlantyk
* Pornografia
* Cosmos
* Operetta
* Diaries

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