Miłosz w Warszawie. Percepcja przestrzeni nieoswojonej
Miłosz in Warsaw. Perception of Untamed Space

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the article discusses Miłosz’s stays in Warsaw (1931-1949), divided into student, professional work, wartime and post-war periods, with due attention paid to all the establishable addresses of residence and most frequented places. Each period is accompanied by a brief characteristic of the town in those years, performed from the viewpoint of themes broached in Miłosz’s works. The second part considers conditions decisive for the manner in which the poet perceived the space of Warsaw, including the biographical experiences of the young Miłosz (journeys and traumas of early childhood, the geographical specificity of Lithuania, familiarity with West European towns) and the specific character of the Polish capital, whose shape depended on political configurations and underwent variable phases of tumultuous development and degradation, followed by total destruction.

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