SUFLET PESTE GRANIȚE: KAZIMIERA IŁŁAKOWICZÓWNA – „UN CORP DE POLITICIAN ÎNTR-O ROCHIE DE FEMEIE”
A SOUL ACROSS BORDERS: KAZIMIERA IŁŁAKOWICZÓWNA – "THE BODY OF A POLITICIAN IN A WOMAN'S DRESS"

Summary/Abstract: Unofficial ambassadors are those who really change the destinies of lives and countries for the better. Born in 1939 in Vilnius, Lithuania, and passed away in 1983 in Poznań, western Poland, where there is today a memorial house bearing her name, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna was an exemplary woman not only for the Poland of the 20th century, but also for Romania and Europe. A poet, a translator and a diplomat, known as having ‘the body of a politician in a woman’s dress’, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna was also the personal secretary of Marshall Józef Piłsudski (1926-1935). She dedicated her life to Poland in an honest, determined manner, but also to maintaining a special relation between Poland and Romania, the latter being her second home, more specifically in Cluj, between 1939-1947, and spiritually probably forever. This article analyses, on the one hand, Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s life, and, on the other hand, her literary work, poetry and prose, dedicated to the special relation she developed and cultivated with Transylvania. The role of unofficial ambassador of both countries she assumed is one of the main conclusions of this article, an ambassador who opened and stretched her soul across borders for the closeness of both countries.

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