Listy, t. 2

Listy #2

by Józef Czapski, Ludwik Hering

"We wszystkich kieszeniach powtykane mam kartki z zaczętymi listami. Zatarte i pisane ołówkiem, i nieczytelne nawet dla mnie. Nie wiem, jak siebie zobowiązać, jak siebie zakląć, że zaczęty, pisany z tak wielkiej wewnętrznej potrzeby – wyślę."

Ludwik Hering, 1952


"Patrzę na świat, przedmioty i na ludzi i maluję nie to, na co patrzę, bo patrzę na wszystko, ale co nagle w i d z ę jakby zupełnie bezrozumnie innym spojrzeniem."

Józef Czapski, Noc Noworoczna 1979

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Józef Marian Franciszek Czapski (ang Joseph Czapski) (April 3, 1896 – January 12, 1993) was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish Army. As a painter, he is notable for his membership in the Kapist movement, which was heavily influenced by Cézanne. Following the Polish Defensive War, he was made a prisoner of war by the Soviets and was among the very few officers to survive the Katyn massacre of 1940. Following the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement, he was an official envoy of the Polish government searching for the missing Polish officers in Russia. After World War II, he remained in exile in the Paris suburb of Maisons-Laffitte, where he was among the founders of Kultura monthly, one of the most influential Polish cultural journals of the 20th century.