"Anna Swirszczynska (1909-1984) was born in Warsaw and grew up in poverty as the daughter of an artist. She began publishing her poems in the 1930s. During the Nazi occupation of Poland she joined the Polish resistance movement in World War II and was a military nurse during the Warsaw Uprising. She wrote for underground publications and once waited 60 minutes to be executed. Czeslaw Milosz writes of knowing her during this time and has translated a volume of her work. Her experiences during the war strongly influenced her poetry. 'Building the Barricade' describes the suffering she witnessed and experienced during that time." -- From the dust jacket: Anna Swirszczynska is one of the most significant polish poets and playwrights of the entire postwar period. Among the works that gained her this position are the volumes of poetry "Wind", "I Am Female", "Happy as a Dog's Tail" and the play "Gunfire on Dluga Street" and "Conversation with My Own Foot". The first of these plays is set in Nazi occupied Warsaw, while the second takes up the theme of a potential nuclear destruction of the world. Magnus J. Krynski, Professor of Slavic Literatures at Duke University, is the author of many essays on contemporary Polish literature. Robert A. Maguire is Professor of Russian Literature at Columbia University. Jerzy Tomaszewski fought and was wounded in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, which he also covered as an official photo-reporter. He is the author of many photographic albums which brought him wide acclaim. The photographs which illustrate this volume (some of them partially damaged) come from a collection which had been lost for over thirty years. Their recent discovery was an important historical and artistic event.

Building the Barricade (Budowalam barykade)

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Building the Barricade (Budowalam barykade)