Melchior Wańkowicz : Poland's master of the written word / Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm ; foreword by Charles S. Kraszewski ; translated by Agnieszka Maria Gernand

Author: Ziolkowska-Boehm, Aleksandra, 1949-
Uniform Title: Na tropach Wańkowicza. English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
Physical Description: xxxiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Gernand, Agnieszka Maria

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Language Note

Translated from the Polish.

Contents

Foreword / Charles S. Kraszewski -- Melchior Wańkowicz: Battle of Monte Cassino (fragment) / translation by Charles S. Kraszewski -- Preface: Melchior Wańkowicz: Polish Hemingway -- Melchior Wańkowicz: on the man and his contribution to Polish reportage -- The trial of Melchior Wańkowicz: 1964 -- The writer's stand and generosity toward political opposition -- About the correspondence of Zofia and Melchior Wańkowicz -- Unhealed wounds -- The last days of Krystyna Wańkowicz: "Gryf's" story -- His version, her version -- After the writer's death -- The writer's files and operation "teenager" -- "Work, donkey, work" -- Polish literature's eager beaver student.

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Biography

ISBN

9780739175903 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0739175904 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.

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