Lec, lektura purimowa
Lec, Purim Reading

Summary/Abstract: An attempt at recounting the biography of Stanisław Jerzy Lec as well as characterising his works from the perspective of two dates: 6 March 1909 and 13 Adar 5669, which coincided with the day of the poet’s birth, albeit owing to differences between the Jewish and Gregorian calendars they usually diverge, thus creating a symbolic hiatus for experiencing his oeuvre and its determinants.The time of Lec’s birth is rendered exceptional by the fact that the event took place in the course of Erew Purim. The philosophical sub-texts and formal symptoms of this holiday (a carnival reaction to an unsuccessful extermination) could cast light on the poet’s works and show their satiricial aspect from a viewpoint different from the usual one. Within this perspective of formulas of putting on masks, changing costumes, and concealment, omnipresent in the case of Lec (demonstrated and analysed in this article), it is possible to perceive also the shadow of an image, which could have appeared before his eyes on that “day of first astonishment”.

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