The book about Bolesław Leśmian by Żaneta Nalewajk Leśmian międzynarodowy, relacje kontekstowe. Studia komparatystyczne [The International Leśmian, Contextual Relationships. Comparative Analysis] is an interesting attempt to look at the poetry of Bolesław Leśmian from the contextual perspective, which so far has been never attempted by Leśmian scholars. A detailed analysis taking into account homologies and filiations has been carried out. A novel approach has also been introduced, when Leśmian’s between the wars poetry has been shown to have been influences by contemporary authors.
The article exposes works of Jewhen Małaniuk, Ukrainian poet, who debuted in internment camp for soldiers of Ukrainian People’s Republic situated in Poland. Disappointment caused by Ukraine’s institutional impotence and also by disloyalty of Polish ally reflected in poet-soldier’s peculiar literary picturing, which was permanently affected by post-camp syndrome.
“Life and Writings of Vladimir Krowin-piotrowski” The paper presents a profile of Vladimir Krowin-Piotrowski, a significant twentieth century poet, now forgotten. He is known mostly to researchers of the emigre literature, as he played a key role in the short lived flourishing of ‘Russian Berlin’, when he was part of the inner circle of Vladimir Nabokov.
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