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The article is dedicated to one of the most important discussions in the history of Polish literature of 20th century: a long dispute between Zbigniew Herbert and Czeslaw Milosz, which found its spectacular end in the 90-ties, but had been started in the middle of the 60-ties. Apart of a personal friendship and later on a kind of Hassliebe, which tied both poets for decades, this dispute show us some fundamental differences in the understanding of Polish tradition and patriotism. The author describes among other facts Zbigniew Herbert’s intention of writing a book entitled A Year of a Lamb, which was assumed as a kind of the answer for Milosz’es diary A Year of the Hunter.