„Ale cóż ma począć poeta, jeśli nie może wyrażać litości i grozy?” Korespondencja Czesława Miłosza i Anny Kowalskiej z lat 1948-1950
“What is a Poet to Do, Being Unable to Express either Pity or Horror?” The Correspondence between Czesław Miłosz and Anna Kowalska, 1948-1950

Summary/Abstract: The writers Czesław Miłosz and Anna Kowalska met during World War II, and the letters they exchanged in the years 1948-50 represent a continuation of their acquaintance. Their main function was to exchange information, for instance on the publication of the work Miłosz submitted to Zeszyty Wrocławskie, a quarterly of which Kowalska was an editor; topics also include Miłosz’s writing and cultural work in the United States and the two writers’ respective family lives, especially Kowalska’s, who was recently widowed. In his letters to Kowalska Miłosz makes rare allusions to his increasingly difficult situation as a poet involved in the diplomatic service at a time when Poland’s politics of culture were becoming more restrictive. Their correspondence testifies to a dialogue between two connoisseurs and lovers of literature who held each other in high esteem.

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