Siostry
Sisters

Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna and Barbara Czerwijowska (Zan)

Summary/Abstract: This article presents and interprets the relationship between two sisters, the popular poet Kazimierza Iłłakowiczówna and her unknown sister, Barbara Czerwijowska, who was also a poet and who helped Iłłakowiczówna in her creative work (as an editor and advisor on translation matters). The article considers the illegitimate origins of the two women, the different paths they took in terms of education, career and their personal life, and their shared passion for writing. The article compares two lyrical poems written by both women and dedicated to their sister, and writings about the sisters contained in Czerwijowska’s partially unpublished "Memoirs" and in letters Iłłakowiczówna wrote to her sister.

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