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Testament of Józef Mackiewicz

On August 23, 1951, in London, Józef Mackiewicz wrote his first testament. In his will, he stated that he leaves…

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The birth of a journalist

Józef Mackiewicz’s path to journalism was quite simple. His brother was the editor-in-chief of the daily “Słowo” (eng. Word), which…

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Józef Mackiewicz on sects

The Eastern Borderlands constituted a territory highly diversified in terms of religion. Orthodox, Catholics and Jews lived side by side…

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Birds and nature in the works of Józef Mackiewicz

Józef Mackiewicz was called in the monograph of Włodzimierz Bolecki “a birdie from Vilnius”. This name is widely known today…

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The modernity of Józef Mackiewicz

Mackiewicz was the first Polish writer to describe various types of nationalism, e.g. as party and state ideology, or as…

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Mackiewicz and relations with Russia

Pre-revolutionary Russia was more human than Soviet Russia – this is how Józef Mackiewicz spoke about the country where he…

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A writer who was wanted to be forgotten

“Józef Mackiewicz was deliberately kept silent for many years, in fact he was absent from Polish culture in the times…

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2022 – the year of Józef Mackiewicz

The Sejm of the Republic of Poland established the year 2022 as the year of Józef Mackiewicz, “recognizing the greatness…

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The philosophy of Józef Mackiewicz’s writing 

It is worth discussing the philosophy of Józef Mackiewicz’s writing, in particular regarding realism and truth in literature. The author…

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Józef Mackiewicz’s worldview

Józef Mackiewicz valued freedom very much, especially freedom of thought and speech. He saw himself existentially touched by “a great…