Ogrody

by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

Prezentowana książka zawiera trzy utwory Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza. W tomie zamieszczone są nowele, wszystkie teksty są przez autora zadedykowane przyjaciołom, : Sny – Julianowi Stryjkowskiemu, Ogrody – Jerzemu Lisowskiemu, Serenite – Konstantemu Jeleniowskiemu.

Genres: Polish Literature, Fiction

107 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Iwaszkiewicz was born in Kalnik (now in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine). After the death of his father (an accountant), he and his mother lived in Warsaw between 1902–1904, and then moved back to Ukraine in 1904–1912. He graduated from a secondary school in Kiev in 1912 and enrolled at the Law Faculty of Kiev University. After World War I, in October 1918 he returned to Warsaw. There, he joined a group of local artists who had started Pro Arte et Studio arts magazine. Iwaszkiewicz with Julian Tuwim and Antoni Słonimski co-founded the Skamander group of experimental poets in 1919.

In 1922 he married Anna Lilpop, a daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur, and the couple settled in Podkowa Leśna in the suburb of Warsaw. In 1928 they moved to a newly built house that Iwaszkiewicz named Stawisko. Maciej Rataj, the Speaker of the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) appointed him to be his secretary. Iwaszkiewicz worked for a magazine called "Wiadomości Literackie" and also published his works in numerous periodicals like "Gazeta Polska" (1934–1938) and "Ateneum" (1938–1939). Later he was a secretary to the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych), and a member of the Polish PEN Club. The Foreign Ministry first appointed him the head of the art promotion section and later sent him as a secretary to Copenhagen (1932-1925) and Brussels (1935–1936). He was a member of Związek Zawodowy Literatów Polskich (ZZLP, The Trade Union of Polish Writers) and in 1939 voted its vice-president.

As a novelist he wrote Sława i Chwała (Glory and Vainglory) - a saga depicting a panorama of the life of Polish intelligentsia in years 1914-1947 and a few other novels but is most highly regarded for his short stories. He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.

Reviews

[Ilona iyx · Rating 5 out of 5]

2020:❣️Kocham styl Iwaszkiewicza, jego wrażliwość i piękne opisy.
2022: ❤️❤️❤️

[Marcelina Szulc · Rating 3 out of 5]

Krótkie i przyjemne ☺️

[Stefa · Rating 4 out of 5]

„Tylne okna sypialni mojej matki, które były także oknami mojej sypialni, wychodziły bezpośrednio na wielkie krzewy bzów. Takich wielkich krzewów bzowych już później nigdy nie widziałem, dla bardzo prostej przyczyny: podrosłem już sam – i wszystko wydawało mi się później znacznie mniejsze".

[Paulina:) · Rating 5 out of 5]

bardzo mila lektura🫠🫠 uwielbiam sposob w jaki jaro posluguje sie polszczyzna

[Hadrian · Rating 2 out of 5]

6/10

[Alex_brenner]

Melancholijnie piękna podróż po ogrodach z młodości Iwaszkiewicza.