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Ryszard Löw jakiego (nie) znamy
The Ryszard Löw We (Do Not) Know

Author(s): Łukasz Tomasz Sroka
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Ryszard Löw; Polish-language literature in Israel; Jewish history; Polish-Jewish relations; Polish-Israeli relations

Summary/Abstract: In academic circles Ryszard Löw has been valued as a Polish and Israeli journalist, bibliographer, publisher, literary critic, promoter of culture and reliable researcher, but younger scholars in literature, history and Jewish studies are losing interest in his work. Löw’s achievements as a writer and organiser are part of a wide range of activities of the Polish emigration after 1945, esp. the community of Polish Jews living in Israel. Löw’s work, however, never positioned him within one particular academic field, nor was he ever employed by an academic institution. Löw, who has collected information on the most scattered works of literature and literary scholarship, was also published mostly in niche publications across Europe. There is no successor to Löw in Israel, which is why his work of several decades must urgently be returned to circulation.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 266-278
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish