Między Krakowem a Wrocławiem. Gliwickie lata Tadeusza Różewicza i rozpracowanie poety przez Służbę Bezpieczeństwa
Between Cracow and Wrocław. Tadeusz Różewicz’s Years in Gliwice and the Exposure of the Poet by the Security Service

Summary/Abstract: Tadeusz Różewicz was one of the most prominent Polish writers of the 20th century: a poet, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A soldier in the underground Home Army during the Second World War, he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow after the war, eventually devoting himself exclusively to literary work. At the beginning of 1950, he settled in Gliwice, which, at the time, was a provincial town from the point of view of Cracow. He never joined the ranks of the Communist Party and his voluntary detachment from mainstream literary life allowed him to partially maintain his artistic autonomy. His contacts with foreign writers and publishers brought him to the attention of the communist state security authorities. During his stay in Gliwice, he was investigated by the Security Service in relation to a case code-named “Writer”. In 1968, he moved to Wrocław. The article is an attempt to reconstruct the causes, course and effects of the poet’s exposure by the Security Service against the broad background of his time in Gliwice.

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