Beckett before Libera
Ewa Brzeska (University of Warsaw)
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The article focuses on Beckett’s presence in Poland in the years from 1952 till 1989. It presents the historical and social background of the author’s fi rst works, as well as the reactions they elicited: essays, stage productions, and their reviews. The earliest commentaries Beckett by Polish critics were published abroad, in the Paris-based Kultura and the London-based Wiadomości. The beginning of Beckett’s reception in Poland dates from 1956, when Jan Błoński mentioned Beckett’s novel, Molloy, in Przekrój. A year later, Julian Rogozińsi published in print the only interview given by the Irish-French author to the Polish press. At the same time, Jerzy Zawieyski saw the Parisian premiere of Endgame, and Adam Tarn began to systematically publish translations of the future Noble prize recipient’s works in Dialog. In 1957 two of Beckett’s most important plays premiered in Poland: Waiting for Godot in Warsaw’s Teatr Współczesny and Endgame in Krakow’s Teatr 38.
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