Z dziejów polsko-rosyjskich stosunków literackich (korespondencja Marii Dąbrowskiej i Jerzego Stempowskiego)

Abstract

The study of the history of Polish-Russian relations is possible thanks to documents preserved in Warsaw archives, publications in periodicals, memoirs and epistolatory culture. A three-volume edition of the correspondence of Jerzy Stempowski and Maria Dąbrowska from the years 1926–1965 is a full source reconstruction. This correspondence has preserved not only the biographical facts of the private life of both writers, but also a wide social and historical context. Jerzy Stempowski, son of Stanisław Stempowski and author of the novel The Adventures of a Thinking Man was the long-term life partner of Maria Dąbrowska in the Forties, and the two also became intellectual partners. An acquaintance with their correspondence allows us to better recognize their place in Polish-Russian relations in the interwar and post-war periods, and the history of Russian emigration in Poland.