Languages of Jospeh Conrad – a biographic perspective
Ewa Kujawska-Lis (University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn)
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Joseph Conrad presents a very unique case of multilingualism in the context of creative writing. Polish was his native language (fi rst language). He learnt French as a child, but chose English, which he acquired relatively late – at the age of 21, as the language of his literary output. Theoretically, as a writer he could have created in any of these three languages. The article traces the circumstances in which Conrad acquired each of the mentioned languages and motivation in learning foreign languages as well as in selecting the language of his oeuvre.
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