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The article presents the profile of the Polish researcher Walenty Piłat – a respected expert in Russian dramaturgy. The literary output devoted to contemporary Russian drama is in the center of attention. Among the rich galaxy of Russian authors, one of the most important places in the literary outout of W. Piłat is occupied by dramatists such as Aleksandr Vampilov, Nikolai Kolada, Ludmila Pietrushevska and others. The author presents the most important publications of W. Piłat, including the monographs: The work of Aleksandr Vampilov. Problems of Poetics (1986), Contemporary Russian dramaturgy. The eighties (1995), On the threshold of the twenty-first century. Sketches on Contemporary Russian Drama (2000).