Czesław Miłosz i Jan Nowak-Jeziorański — protokół rozbieżności

Abstract

CZESLAW MIŁOSZ AND JAN NOWAK-JEZIORAŃSKI—RECORDS OF DIVIERGENCES

The article aims to discuss the context and reasons for the difficult relationship between Czesław Miłosz and Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, two prominent figures in Polish twentieth century history. The analysis of available material helps the reader understand that it was not just a personal conflict, but a clash of disparate visions of Polishness, divergent ideologies, as well as incompatible visions of patriotism, a particularly thorny issue in the Polish context. The factors discussed in the essay might explain why Czesław Miłosz was one of the few great Poles absent from Radio Free Europe.