Z archiwum „Kuriera Warszawskiego”. Listy Elizy Orzeszkowej do Franciszka Olszewskiego pisane w latach 1887–1896
From the Archive of “Kurier Warszawski” (“Warsaw Daily”). Eliza Orzeszkowa’s Letters to Franciszek Olszewski from the Years 1887–1896

Summary/Abstract: The paper is an edition of the unpublished in full to this day correspondence between Eliza Orzeszkowa and Franciszek Olszewski—the editor-in-chief of “Kurier Warszawski” (“Warsaw Daily”) written between 1887 and 1896. The letters come from the archive of most widely read Warsaw daily that survived in fragments. The material, stocked in the Archive of the Polish Academy of Sciences, has catalogue number 162. The presented collection deserves attention due to at least a few following reasons. First of all, it fills the blanks in the presumably well-known biography of the outstanding woman writer. Second of all, the letters enrich the incomplete characteristics of Franciszek Olszewski as an editor. Third of all, the set pictures the specificity of press functioning and the attempts made by their editors to keep so-called column section on the highest level. Additionally, it indirectly offers an image of the Warsaw literary-journalistic community, disclosing the insight story of conflicts between the author, the critic, and the editor that have not been discussed until now.

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