Wawrosz was born in the village of Końska (now part of
Třinec) to a
tailor's family as the youngest of nine children. His father died in
World War I and his mother was left with seven children. After the death of his father Wawrosz was raised in the village of
Tyra, where he also attended local Polish primary school. Wawrosz later graduated from a course for tailors in
Horní Suchá, and from a course in
puppetry in
Senieji Trakai. After the outbreak of
World War II Wawrosz volunteered in the
Polish Army and fought in the
Independent Operational Group Polesie of general
Franciszek Kleeberg in the
battle of Kock in October 1939. After World War II he worked in
Třinec Iron and Steel Works. Wawrosz was an active member of the
Polish Cultural and Educational Union and in 1958–1962 was an artistic director of its Puppet Theatre "Bajka". Wawrosz wrote in literary
Polish and
Cieszyn Silesian dialect. Texts written in dialect form a backbone of his works. The ones written in literary Polish are mostly documentary in character, as some of them were written in concentration camps. The ones written in dialect focus on the life of ordinary people of Cieszyn Silesia, their life, culture and traditions. Wawrosz wrote poetry, prose and also plays for amateur theatres. Wawrosz's poetry from the concentration camps can be seen for example in the poem
Lato (Summer) from
Niezapominajki (Forget-me-nots) poetry collection. ==Works==