Komiwojażerka literatury. O związanej z transferami literackimi działalności Julii Hartwig
A Literary Traveling Saleswoman: On Julia Hartwig’s Activities Related to Literary Transfers

Summary/Abstract: Julia Hartwig’s work is rooted not only in Polish culture, but also in French and American cultures. The poet emphasised the need to view native literature in the “neighborhood” of other literatures, and she herself introduced the works of foreign authors by translating them into Polish. While Hartwig’s translational achievements have already been the subject of academic research, the aspect of her activity related to transferring Polish literature into new linguistic and cultural contexts remains largely unexplored. This article attempts to fill this research gap, paying particular attention to the literary transfers that began with the poet’s departure for the USA in the early 1970s. The interpretation of Hartwig’s American Diary and the analysis of selected unpublished materials from the poet’s archive (held at the Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw), undertaken from the perspective of Pascale Casanova’s concept of the ‘World Republic of Letters’, make it possible to examine the poet’s transfer strategies and to advance the thesis that she assumed the role of a “literary travelling saleswoman”, promoting the achievements of “minor literature” within the global centre.

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