Ukraine between East and West

IHOR SZEWCZENKO

And understand what a miserable Asian you are Panteleymon Kulish (1882)   Yes, Scythians, we! Yes, Asians, we, With...

Room 101

JURIJ SZEWELOW

In Western universities a lecture lasts 45 minutes, with a 15-minute break between lectures. In the Soviet Union a lecture...

The Youth of the Fourth Kharkiv

JURIJ SZEWELOW

The beautiful city of Kharkiv – so joyous in character, so extensive in size. How many grand edifices are present here,...

Beyond the Polish Circle

JERZY GIEDROYC

I am not a sociable person and have no talent for languages. Even my French is poor which has constrained me somewhat. However,...

The “Kultura” Team

JERZY GIEDROYC

Within the history of “Kultura”, the three most momentous events in my private history were the illnesses and deaths of...

Responsibility for Europe. Jerzy Stempowski, Jerzy Giedroyc and Germany

BASIL KERSKI

It is difficult to write of Jerzy Stempowski’s output as an essayist without thinking of Jerzy Giedroyc. Just as difficult...

Mikhail (Michel) Heller – the “Polish Russian” of the Literary Institute

JĘDRZEJ PIEKARA

This article, written by Jędrzej Piekara, was based on his bachelor’s thesis defended in June 2017. Source materials were...

EXHIBITION – JERZY GIEDROYC AND HIS ACHIEVEMENT

The exhibition presents over half a century of the Literary Institute's activity, profiles of its authors and publishing...

Malraux

JÓZEF CZAPSKI

André Malraux has died. Is it possible, today, to write of him, when television, radio and press are full of memoirs of...