The Poet and the World. Studies and Sketches on the Work of Wisława Szymborska

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Published
13 November 2026

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ISBN-13 (15)
978-83-226-4564-2

Synopsis

The monograph devoted to the poetry of Wisława Szymborska consists of two parts. The first part consists of five sketches confronting Szymborska's work with the theme of (au-to)biography, the theoretical dimension of the poetic text and the rules of its creation, the phenomenon of the number that makes an unfulfilled promise to organize the chaos of human life, the issue of the relationship that connects man and the world of nature, and finally, our entanglement in the existential paradigm of the beginning and the end. The second part of the work is co-created by five comparative interpretations, in which Szymborska's poems are partnered with works by outstanding Polish poets (Kochan-owski, Mickiewicz, Herbert, Miłosz, Kamieńska).

Progetto cofinanziato con fondi del bilancio dello Stato, stanziati dal Ministro della Ricerca nell’ambito del programma «Eccellenza nella ricerca II» (ambito «Sostegno alle monografie scientifiche») MONOG/SP/0067/2024/02

Projekt dofinansowany ze środków budżetu państwa, przyznanych przez Ministra Nauki w ramach programu „Doskonała nauka II” (moduł „Wsparcie monografii naukowych”) MONOG/SP/0067/2024/02

Partner honorowy

Author Biography

Iwona Gralewicz-Wolny, University of Silesia in Katowice

PhD, prof. UŚ, works at the Institute of Polish Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia in Katowice. Researcher and interpreter of Polish literature of the 20th and 21st centuries (including: On the Trail. 21 Adventures with a Contemporary Poetic Book, 2021) and literature for children and young people, about which she wrote – together with Beata Mytych-Forajter – monographs: Free Pippi! Creativity for Children Towards the Changing Culture  (2013) and First. About children's literature (and not only) (2019). [ 9.11.2026]

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