Suddenly they felt free. A conversation with Piotr Bojarski, author of Poznań crime novels, essays and novels on the Poznań 1956 protests Cover Image

Nagle poczuli się wolni. Z Piotrem Bojarskim rozmawia Jerzy Borowczyk
Suddenly they felt free. A conversation with Piotr Bojarski, author of Poznań crime novels, essays and novels on the Poznań 1956 protests

Author(s): Jerzy Borowczyk, Piotr Bojarski
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: Poznań doctors and paramedics during the 1956 protests; Security Office/Security Service in Polish People’s Republic; lives of the heroes of Poznań 1956 protests; Poznań lawyers and the 1956 protests;

Summary/Abstract: An interview with Piotr Bojarski, author of historical non-fiction and novels about Poznań 1956 protests, focusing on a few topics. The attitudes and fortunes of doctors, paramedics, security officers, heroic protesters of the Black Thursday, lawyers who defended the protesters – all this allows us to look at a single day in Polish history through a few prisms. Additionally, the interview contains remarks on the benefits of a reporter’s look at history, and the attempts at novelistic emplotment of the events of 1956.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 227-245
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish