REQUIEM DLA GÓR, PRZYJACIÓŁ I SIEBIE. JAROSŁAW IWASZKIEWICZ I TATRY
REQUIEM FOR THE MOUNTAINS, FRIENDS, AND HIMSELF. JAROSŁAW IWASZKIEWICZ AND THE TATRAS

Summary/Abstract: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz who visited numerous--not only European--countries, also travelled around Poland, and collected his impressions in his pieces and diaries. In Album tatrzańskie (The Tatra Album), published in 1976, he described the Tatra Mountains as "most beautiful in the world." The Tatras are one of the most important places in the poet's internal map as they mark the beginning and the end of the artist's struggle. Iwaszkiewicz was tied to this range of mountains due to family connections and artistic relations. A 50 year contact with the Tatras brought about the making of the book. The compilation that spans over more than half century is artistically and genetically diversified: it includes lyrical pieces, poetic prose, and memories. The Tatra Album is a valediction to the mountains and to his friends. It is dominated by the passing of time, by irretrievable loss of everything he loved, and by marginal position of his output. The writer, whom many envied his successes, maintenance, and position in culture, bids farewell to his life in sorrow and disappointment.

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