A controversial and independent figure of Polish culture in exile – journalist, writer, editor Stefania Kossowska Cover Image

Kontrowersyjna i niezależna postać kultury polskiej na emigracji – dziennikarka, pisarka, redaktor Stefania Kossowska
A controversial and independent figure of Polish culture in exile – journalist, writer, editor Stefania Kossowska

Author(s): Jolanta Chwastyk-Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Migration Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Stefania Kossowska; Polish emigration; Great Britain; XX-XXI century; journalist; writer

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a journalist, writer and colorful figure of Polish émigré culture in Great Britain, a woman of two eras – Stefania Kossowska. Educated in the interwar period, she collaborated with pre-war Warsaw magazines, such as: “Bluszcz”, “ABC”, “Wieczór Warszawski”, “Prosto z Mostu”. War and post-war fate – it is France briefly, then Great Britain; first work for the Polish Government-in-Exile, then active co-creation of the so-called “Polish London”. She was a permanent author and editor of the émigré periodicals: “Dziennik Polski i Dziennik Żołnierza”, “Tydzień Polski”, “Wiadomości”, “Orzeł Biały”, “Puls”, “Pamiętnik Literacki”, and the Paris-based “Kultura”. She collaborated with Radio Free Europe and the BBC. After the transformation period in Poland in 1989 – also with many national magazines. She is the author of esteemed publications: Jak cię widzę, tak cię piszę [How I see You, that's how I write You] (1973), Galeria przodków. Sylwetki emigracyjne [Ancestors Gallery. Emigration Profiles] (1991), Mieszkam w Londynie [I live in London] (1994), Przyjaciele i znajomi [Friends and acquaintances] (1998).

  • Issue Year: 31/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 59-86
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Polish
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