Poetry From a File – About Henryk Bereska’s Unknown Poems for Children
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to present an unexplored area in the work of Henryk Bereska, an outstanding translator of Polish literature into German. The collection of children’s poems by Bereska, found in the Karl Dedecius Archive, was created exclusively for his own daughter. The article is divided into two parts. The first part illuminates the previously unknown context of Bereska’s work, while the second one features two poems selected and reprinted with the permission of his heirs, along with a commentary on their aesthetic qualities and their potential for literary initiations.
Received: 31.12.2022
Accepted: 21.06.2023
Keywords
Karl Dedecius Archive; Henryk Bereska; literary initiations; literariness; children’s literature; children’s poetry; aesthetic potential
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Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9804-3890
Anna Fimiak-Chwiłkowska – PhD, works at the Institute of German Studies of the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literatures at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland). Her research interests include cultural aspects of literary translation, profiles of translators of Polish and German literature, translation of 20th-century Polish literature into German, and translation of children’s literature. Contact: afimiak@amu.edu.pl.
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