J.C. i Z.N.
J.C. and Z.N.

Author(s): Michał Komar
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Joseph Conrad; Zdzisław Najder; biography
Summary/Abstract: A personal recollection. An economy student, who had been expelled from the MainSchool of Planning and Statistics (now: Warsaw School of Economics) read in 1969a volume of Joseph Conrad’s letters, edited by Zdzisław Najder and translated byHalina Carroll-Najder. Reading that book made him reverse his plans. Setting asidethe works of Adam Smith and David Ricardo he delved into Joseph Conrad’s richoutput. He is the author of many books and film scripts, among them an acclaimedbook Conrad’s Hell (Piekło Conrada) and several theatre and TV adaptations basedon Conrad’s works.

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