Польские крохотки ди-пийцев

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Польские крохотки ди-пийцев

Journal Title: Acta Neophilologica - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 0

Abstract

This article analyzes selected fragments of literary works created by Russian writers who, having lost their citizenship after 1945, became displaced and whose literature is commonly known as the second wave of Russian emigration. It is highlighted that the legacy of those who deliberately chose to fight the Soviet regime is hardly known, not only in Poland. In 2014 a collection of works created by displaced persons – writers, poets, playwrights and literary critics of the second wave of emigration entitled Raised from Nihility was published by a well-known Russian literary scholar V. Agenosov. The article examines Polish traces in the poetry of Evgenia Aleksandrovna Dimer, the author of the poem Warsaw (a picture from the past) in which a central role is played by a violin that is artfully used by a violinist to play Chopin’s Polonaise. Polish traces can be also found in the prose of B.A. Filippov, for example in his labor camp short story The Hen, whose fragments are included in V. Agenosov’s anthology. One of the characters is a process engineer in a design agency, a Pole Ryszard Cywilski, a colorful and rather controversial figure. Many character traits of this Pole are worth considering through the prism of other nationalities as reflected in The Hen. Polish traces are present also in the prose of B. Shiryaev (I – the Russian Man) and V. Sven (Kublitsky) (Swallows). As new names of displaced writers continue to emerge, it is possible that Polish traces may become permanent motifs and themes.

Authors and Affiliations

Joanna Mianowska

Keywords

refugees Polish traces campers a colourful figure forced labor camps autobiographical prose

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