EN
The author presents the problem of humanizing the demon and giving to the human being the demonic features. The analysis focuses on modern Polish prose, especially on such works: Cz. Miłosz, A. Szczypiorski, J. Broszkiewicz, A. Gohibiew, T. Konwicki, G. Herling- Grudziński. He is mostly interested in the devil figure as an evil spirit.