Czy Gombrowicza czytano w Argentynie za jego życia?
Was Gombrowicz Read in Argentina During His Lifetime?
Author(s): Pau Freixa TerradasSubject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Other Language Literature, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Argentinian literature; Argentinian Fedydurke; reception of Gombrowicz in Argentine; Polish literature in global context;
Summary/Abstract: This article presents the Argentinian reception of the author of Trans-Atlantyk from his arrival in Buenos Aires until his death in France. The article is divided into three parts and each of them is dedicated to one of the three last decades of Witold Gombrowicz’s life. The author mentions the initial attempts of establishing relations with Argentinian writers (Jorge Luis Borges, for example, or the circle of the Sur magazine), first publication of texts as well as the collective translation of Ferdydurke in Café Rex during the 1960s, and recognizes that sometime in the 1950s Gombrowicz made peace with the fact of his literary obscurity in the land of his emigration, therefore changing his strategy of self-promotion. Only after he returned to Europe did the first signs of recognition reach him from Argentina, where the Diario argentino was just published (it was a selection of writings from Gombrowicz’s Diary for the Argentine reader).
Journal: Konteksty Kultury
- Issue Year: 17/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 58-88
- Page Count: 31
- Language: Polish