In this article subject of death and illness in Aleksandr Kuprin’s work was presented mainly from biological point of view, treating death as tangible existential fact, which occurs in everyone’s life and which is affected by social and family position of a dying person. Hence, dying was pictured here as kind of a process consisting of number of physiological, social and cultural occurrences, interrelating and having effect on each other.
Wbrew powszechnemu przekonaniu, niepozbawionemu wprawdzie racji, o czym świadczą niektóre utwory Bunina i jego egodokumenty, nie ukazywał on chłopów wyłącznie jako zacofanej, pozbawionej cnot moralnych warstwy społecznej, a także nie opierał fabuły utworow tylko na wspomnieniach o przeszłości. W swoich utworach prozaik poruszał aktualne problemy, a także ukazywał rożne elementy kultury ludowej tak duchowej, jak i materialnej.
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Contrary to popular belief, which is not deprived of truth as evidenced in some of Bunin’s works and his egodocuments, he did not not present peasants as a backward, devoid of moral virtues social class, and he did not predicate works’ plots on the memories of the past. In his works Bunin touched upon current problems and pointed put the diff erent elements of folk culture both spiritual and material.
This article describes parts of extensive correspondence between Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz and his wife, Anna, exchanged from 1922 to 1926. The letters present the initial period of their marriage and log Iwaszkiewicz’s musical, literary and philosophical interests inspired by Russian culture (S. Prokofiev, A. Scriabin, N. Nabokov, I. Stravinsky, F. Dostoyevsky, A. Pushkin, I. Turgenev, N. Berdyaev and others) and connections with Russian émigrés, whom the poet met in both Warsaw (e.g. A. Wertynsky) and Paris (e.g. N. Nabokov). There are also memoirs concerning acquaintances made in Elizavetgrad and Kiev.
This article deals with the implications of Alexander Vertinsky stay in Poland in the 1920s. Literary works of this representative of the first wave of Russian emigration enjoyed great popularity in the interwar period in Poland. Hence, he frequently gave concerts to a number of Polish cities and towns. The singer has made numerous acquaintances in all social circles, also in the artistic milieu, which until today eagerly reaches for his repertoire. The artist recorded many of his works and composed several hits in Poland. Vertinsky was not forgotten. His music scores, records, poetry books and memoirs were also published after his death
Alexander Vertinsky belongs to the group of representatives of the first wave of Russian emigration, whose refugee history interwove with Poland. The article discusses the issue of the singer’s multiple stays in Poland in the interwar period. While visiting our country, the artist gave concerts in many cities, recorded albums, collaborated with the “second stream theatre”, and made numerous acquaintances, among others, in the environment of actors, writers and politicians.
Alexander Kuprin belongs to the group of social writers at turn of 19th century, who brought up aspects arising from contacts with different cultures, religions and languages on ethnically heterogeneous territory of the Russia. The author of The Duel eagerly used short prose forms, which he enriched with environmental and ethnographic reality, picturing mentality, customs and social problems, also religious and culture differences of other than Russian ethnic groups. In his work we can fi nd portrayals of Crimean Tatars and Greeks, Poles, Polishchuks, Ukraininas, Circassians, Georgians, Armenians, and Jews.
Ambiguous status of adolescents who are no longer children, while not yet adults clearly attracted Aleksandr Kuprin’s attention. In his works we find a large group of teenage girls and boys. There are also both reflections on rapid physical, physiological and psychological changes characteristic of this period as well as their impact on relationships with other people. Apart from that, Kuprin presents nightmares of puberty (fear, rebellion, alienation , loneliness and the desire to be understood at the same time, the need to be part of a group, sacrum of infatuation and profanum of nascent sensuality).
A well-known Russian bard, Alexander Vertinsky, like many other representatives of the first wave of Russian emigration, left behind his unfinished memoirs in which he writes of over two decades of homeless wandering around the world (1920-1943). During that time he stayed, among others, in many European countries, the USA and China. And it was in Shanghai in the early 1940s that the singer began to write down his reminiscences. After returning to his homeland, Vertinsky continued his literary work, which undoubtedly left its mark on the content of memoirs. Nevertheless, the leitmotif of Vertinsky’s memoirs is both the image of old Russia scented with nostalgic feelings, and of Russian emigrants embodying his homeland.
Maximilian Kirienko-Voloshin (known as Maximilian Voloshin), a Russian poet and painter, was a colourful, maverick person; it is not possible to assess him unequivocally. He made a strong impression on people around him, which is reflected in abundant literary memoirs. When the opinions of Ivan Bunin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Eugenia Gertsyk, Nadezhda Teffi and Boris Sadovskoy are analysed, a heterogenetic picture of the artist emerges. His unusual demeanor and clothing, and surprising beliefs - often perceived as iconoclastic - attracted attention or even led to controversy.
The contacts of the popular Russian humorist and the representative of the first wave of emigration with Poland begin at the level of family connections. Teffi used to visit Warsaw where she became acquainted with the representatives of the local literary world. Her works, translated into Polish, were published both by numerous magazines, separate collections and showed on stage. Polish themes appear in Teffi’s works too.
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