Między kreacją a świadectwem. Kilka uwag lekturowych na przykładzie poezji lagrowej Grażyny Chrostowskiej i Zofii Romanowiczowej
Between Creation and Testimony. A Few Reading Remarks on the Example of Camp Poetry of Grażyna Chrostowska and Zofia Romanowiczowa

Summary/Abstract: Adopting the pars pro toto principle, the author of the article chose two concentration camp poets: Grażyna Chrostowska, who died at the age of 21, leaving behind a rather modest corpus of poems, and Zofia Romanowiczowa, who survived the war, moved to Paris and became a well-known, recognized and appreciated prose writer and columnist, who commented on the emigration life of Poles. Chrostowska was a very promising poet, whose talent had no possibility to develop, whereas Romanowiczowa was a fulfilled woman (wife and mother) and writer, who polished her writing style through the years and consciously built up her artistry. The question posed in the article is: To what extent does the prior knowledge of the two authors’ biographies influence one’s reception of their work? Does the aesthetic category, especially in the light of the authors’ camp experiences, retain the primary character?

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