Stanislaw Stempowski’s Memo about the Poets of “His Generation” Cover Image

Stanisława Stempowskiego notatka o poetach z „jego pokolenia”
Stanislaw Stempowski’s Memo about the Poets of “His Generation”

Author(s): Magdalena Rudkowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Polish Literature, Sociology of Culture, Theory of Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Piotr Chmielowski; Polish memoirs; Polish poetry; Stanisław Stempowski;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a memo from an outstanding journalist and social activist – Stanisław Stempowski’s (1870–1952) unpublished memoirs. The note comes from 1942 and contains reminiscences from the reading of Piotr Chmielowski’s book The Contemporary Polish Poets (1895) and reflections on the transience of poetry, and an irreversible departure of literary generations.

  • Issue Year: LII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 359-364
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish