Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

Sigizmund Dominikovich Krzhizhanovsky (Russian: Сигизму́нд Домини́кович Кржижано́вский, IPA: [sʲɪɡʲɪzˈmunt dəmʲɪˈnʲikəvʲɪtɕ kʐɨʐɨˈnofskʲɪj], Polish: Zygmunt Krzyżanowski; 11 February [O.S. 30 January] 1887 – 28 December 1950) was a Russian and Soviet writer, playwright, philosopher, and historian, who described himself as "known for being unknown". He published only a few stories and essays in his lifetime; the majority of his writings were published posthumously.

Krzhizhanovsky wrote screenplays for The Feast of St Jorgen (1929) by Yakov Protazanov and for the stop-motion animated feature film The New Gulliver (1935). He was left uncredited both times. He died in obscurity in 1950. A scholar discovered Krzhizhanovsky's archive in 1976, and started publishing his short stories in 1989. Posthumously, Krzhizhanovsky has gained fame for his short parables and phantasmagoric stories. At least one of them is noted for its Kafkaesque style.