„Broniłem i bronię polskości innej”
“I Have Defended and I Continue to Defend a Different Polishness”

Summary/Abstract: Franaszek draws a biographical map of the relationship between Józef Czapski andCzesław Miłosz, analysing the divergent personality traits of these two outstanding artists who shaped the landscape of Polish culture in the second half of the twentiethcentury. The focus is on exploring the debates and altercations in their articles and private correspondence – especially those that touched on Polish patriotism or nationalism (which goes hand in hand with xenophobia and anti-Semitism), and even Polishness assuch, with its underlying intellectual and spiritual formations. Franaszek also highlights the fundamental differences as well as numerous overlaps in their evaluation, as well astheir shared dream of a “different Polishness” marked by complex identities and multidimensionality.

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