Białorusini w utworach Michała K. Pawlikowskiego
Belarusians in Michał K. Pawlikowski’s Works

Summary/Abstract: Belarusians in Michał K. Pawlikowski’s novels, essays and articles are the subjects of research by the author of this article. Michał K. Pawlikowski (1893–1972) was a Polish writer who spent his childhood and youth in eastern Belarus. He immigrated to America for thelast thirty years of his life where he dealt with literature. In Poland his Works were unknown. His novels and essays have been published for ten years. Since then,, the author has been researching Pawlikowski’s work. As an anthropologist, he notices many interesting things in it. Literary anthropology is also interested in the descriptions of various nations. Pawlikowski’s Works also contains descriptions of Belarusians. The author found them and put them in order. It was not easy, because there are very few references to Belarusians which are scattered in various works by the writer. Pawlikowski sees mainly pasants in Belarus. He is fascinated by their language and culture. He hardly notices their national aspirations. However, he notes that they live in harmony with the Poles.

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