The current state of research on the life and creative work of Stanisław Wasylewski in years 1945–2015

Abstract

The article analyzes the compact publications and texts from Polish periodicals about one of the most popular Polish writers of the interwar period – Stanisław Wasylewski (1885–1953). In 2015, 130 years have passed since death of the creator, and the state of research on his life and work is still in considerable dispersion, and some selected issues are only partially studied, hence there is a need to gather and discuss so far published materials. The text discusses the few publications devoted to the writer in compact and press releases from years 1945–2015. The analysis shows that the profile of the writer, whose works are still being published, at the moment again is being ignored by the next generation of researchers. The largest number of articles devoted to this author was published just after the war and, above all, they were mostly the reports connected to the loud across the country process of collaboration. After the acquittal of Stanisław Wasylewski of charges and his exclusion from the Union of Writers, for a long time he became forgotten, until late fifties, when re-editions of his works, and publication of new titles that he left were issued. Later, mainly thanks to the initiative of Jerzy Pośpiech, several articles devoted to Stanisław Wasylewski were issued in the nineties and after 2000, but it is still not enough material for those interested in the life and work of one of the most acclaimed and widely read authors of the interwar period.