Teologia a literatura. Jan Paweł II a Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Theology and Literature. John Paul II and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

Summary/Abstract: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, a Polish writer who lived for decades in Naples, numerously turned to John Paul II in his diary entries as well as in the strictly literary texts. He argued his ideas, rebelled against many beliefs preached by the Pope, he was a strict judge of his many actions, but, most of all, he listened carefully to Pope’s words and he read his texts attentively. This paper talks about Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s attitude towards the Priest andpriesthood, but most of all it talks about the presence of John Paul II’s thoughts in the works of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński. This presence in therefore multidimensional, from mere allusions to extended utterances, from short passages to extended psychological portraits.

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