"Sublokatorka" now. An interview with Hanna Krall: Warsaw, 28 February and 28 March 2013 Cover Image

„Sublokatorka” po latach. Z Hanną Krall rozmawiają Elżbieta Janicka i Joanna Tokarska-Bakir. Warszawa, 28 lutego i 8 marca 2013 roku
"Sublokatorka" now. An interview with Hanna Krall: Warsaw, 28 February and 28 March 2013

Author(s): Elżbieta Janicka, Joanna Tokarska-Bakir
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: "The Subtenant"; the reception of "The Subtenant"; subtenancy; narrations on Holocaust; official and underground literary activity; "Decalogue VIII" of Krzysztof Kieślowski

Summary/Abstract: The interview was conducted by Elżbieta Janicka and Joanna Tokarska-Bakir. Hanna Krall told the story of the issues related to the publication of Sublokatorka, which finally appeared in the Paris-based printing house Libella, owned by Zofia and Kazimierz Romanowicz, in 1985. Hanna Krall also spoke about how the book was received by the public in the unofficial underground discourse in the Communist Poland. Moreover, the author of Sublokatorka told the interviewers about the construction of stories about the Holocaust, as well as about the people who inspired the protagonists of Sublokatorka: Luba Bielicka-Blum, Rywka Urman, Krystyna Krahelska, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Jerzy Stuhr.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-26
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish