Jan Kott

Jan Kott (1914-2001) was a Polish theater critic and theorist. After defecting to the United States, he taught at Yale University, the University of California-Berkeley and Stony Brook University. He is best known for his book Shakespeare, Our Contemporary .

Jan Kott (1914-2001) was a Polish theater critic and theorist. After defecting to the United States, he taught at Yale University, the University of California-Berkeley and Stony Brook University. He is best known for his book Shakespeare, Our Contemporary . See less