Korespondencja Zygmunta Haupta z Jerzym Stempowskim
Zygmunt Haupt’s Correspondence with Jerzy Stempowski

Summary/Abstract: The correspondence between Zygmunt Haupt and Jerzy Stempowski lasted from April 1963 to January 1966. It was triggered by Haupt’s award of “Kultura” (“Culture”) Literary Prize for the year 1962 which Haupt owed to Stempowski’s positive opinion subsequently published on the pages of the Paris monthly. The substantial differences sketched in the letters between the two figures as far as artistic and stylistic tastes are concerned, as well as marked disproportions in the sphere erudition, education, distinctness of reading interests and Haupt’s astonishing admiration for Stempowski’s high literary range—all of them explain why the correspondence was short and scarce. All things considered, the correspondence in today reader’s eyes become more contribution to Haupt’s personality and biography than important source of knowledge about Stempowski.

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