Leonard Borkowicz’s “Literary Colonisation” or Szczecin’s Version of the “Cultural Re-Polonization of the Recovered Territories” in the 1940s? Cover Image

„Osadnictwo literackie” Leonarda Borkowicza czy szczecińska odsłona „repolonizacji kulturalnej Ziem Odzyskanych” prowadzonej w latach czterdziestych XX w.?
Leonard Borkowicz’s “Literary Colonisation” or Szczecin’s Version of the “Cultural Re-Polonization of the Recovered Territories” in the 1940s?

Author(s): Katarzyna Rembacka
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Szczecin; voivode Leonard Borkowicz; men of letters; cultural policy; Western Territories; Ministry of Culture and Art

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to analyse the process of formation of the literary circle in Szczecin and to indicate its main initiators. A juxtaposition of the literature on the subject with documents issued by the government administration and the Professional Association of Polish Writers as well as letters and memories of writers makes it possible to trace the course of “cultural re-Polonization” in Szczecin. It also permits to indicate the reasons why the action was so short-lived and the motives of writers who decided to move to the city.

  • Issue Year: 51/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 139-162
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish