Between Generational and Imposed Identity. The Fate of the ‘Broken Flight’
Generation on the Example of Barbara Otwinowska (1924–2018).
An Attempt at Biographical Reconstruction Cover Image

Między tożsamością pokoleniową a narzuconą. Losy przedstawicieli generacji „urwanego lotu” na przykładzie Barbary Otwinowskiej (1924–2018). Próba rekonstrukcji biografi cznej
Between Generational and Imposed Identity. The Fate of the ‘Broken Flight’ Generation on the Example of Barbara Otwinowska (1924–2018). An Attempt at Biographical Reconstruction

Author(s): Monika Wiśniewska
Subject(s): Political history, Social history
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Barbara Otwinowska; prison of the Polish People’s Republic; female prisoners; generations of People’s Poland; Polish intelligentsia; Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences;

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts a biographical reconstruction of Barbara Otwinowska –a member of the generation of the ‘broken fl ight’, participant in the Warsaw Uprising, stu-dent of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw, political prisoner, researcher at the In-stitute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, professor of Polish philology,linguist, specialist in Old Polish literature, poet, and custodian of national memory.

  • Issue Year: 56/2024
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 203-224
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish
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