„Za to, żeś nas tu przyjęła jak dzieci”. Brazylia w życiu i twórczości polskiego poety Tadeusza Milana Grzybczyka
“For Welcoming Us Here Like Children”: Brazil in the Life and Work of the Polish Poet Tadeusz Milan Grzybczyk

Summary/Abstract: The Polish literature written in Brazil is a treasure waiting to be discovered. This is the case with the works of thePolish poet Tadeusz Milan Grzybczyk (1885–1961). His works have fallen into oblivion, while a significant part ofhis literary output has remained unpublished and, as a result, has not been properly analysed. Some of his workshave been irretrievably lost. However, thanks to the research started in 2014 by Marek Stanisz from the University ofRzeszów, the life and work of this poet have once again become the subjects of consideration and new discoveries,a list of which is presented in this article. The article also analyses and interprets Grzybczyk’s poem Tobie Brazyljo!,which compositionally constitutes a separate chapter of the only volume published in the poet’s lifetime titled Wiankiparańskie (1921). The poem is an ode to the country of settlement, and Brazil itself is presented in it as a temple. Theharmony of all the elements (earth, air, fire and water) creates an orderly, safe world. The mention of young eaglets isan allusion to Polish emigrants in Brazil, whom it welcomed like a loving mother. The poem is saturated with sacredvocabulary, which reflects the poet’s admiration for his adopted homeland.

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