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This article is concerned with writing in Poland since the collapse of Communism. It focuses mainly on the generation of Polish writers who made their debut around the time of the collapse of Communism and whose work has since begun to appear in English translation. It considers the changing focus of the post-Communist generation of writers, asks how the translations of their work represent Poland to the world and what these works might indicate about changes within contemporary Polish literary and political culture. In particular the article looks at recent fiction from Polish Women Writers and themes in recent writing including the ideas of Poland as Post-Communist, Post-nationalist, Post-Jewish and Post-German.
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This story can also be found in: Halikowska and Hyde (1996).
A substantial selection of Różycki’s work, including several poems mentioned here, can also be found in: Dehnel (2008).
Originally published in Poland as Wojna polsko-ruska, pod flag biało-czerwona, it was published in the US under the title Snow White and Russian Red (Atlantic Monthly: NY, 2005). White and Red is the title of the edition released for sale in the UK.
Other useful sites dealing with Polish recent literature are: www.polishwriting.net; and www.CESLIT (Central European and Slavic Literature in Translation).
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Tighe, C. Poland translated: the post-communist generation of writers. Stud East Eur Thought 62, 169–195 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11212-010-9113-z
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