Zjazd Królów. Zbigniew Herbert w polskim Paryżu Anno Domini 1967
A Congress of Kings: Zbigniew Herbert in the Polish Paris of 1967
Author(s): Andrzej FranaszekSubject(s): Cultural history, Poetry, Polish Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Zbigniew Herbert; Aleksander Wat; Konstanty Jeleński; Jerzy Andrzejewski; Polish diaspora in France in the 1960s; congress of Polish poets and translators in Paris in 1967;
Summary/Abstract: The year 1967 saw an unprecedented event in Paris: Polish poets, both from Poland and from the diaspora, came together with translators from France, Germany and the USA. The congress was organized by the émigré critic and essayist Konstanty Jeleński. Among the participants was Zbigniew Herbert, who had settled near Paris. This was a key moment in postwar Polish literary history as well as in Herbert’s life, as he was going through the nervous breakdown that would weigh over him for the rest of his life. This article, a contribution to the poet’s biography, portrays these moments as well as Herbert’s friendship with Aleksander Wat.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 376-400
- Page Count: 25
- Language: Polish
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