“For me, a story is always everything at once – it exists only when it is told”: An Interview with Witold Vargas
Abstract
This conversation with Witold Vargas explores his fascination with traditional stories, the various – Polish and Bolivian – sources of his literary and oral work, and his practice of storytelling.
Keywords
fairy tale; Bolivia; legend; myth; storytelling; folk tale; Poland; Witold Vargas
University of Warsaw Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-7326
Weronika Kostecka – PhD, works at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland). Her research interests include history and the theory of children’s literature, cultural history of the fairy tale, and popular literature and culture. Contact: w.kostecka@uw.edu.pl.
University of Warsaw, Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-3907
Marta Niewieczerzał – MA, prepares a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on the image of Warsaw in fantasy literature for children and young adults. She works at the Museum of Children’s Books in Warsaw (a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province). Contact: marta.niewieczerzał@gmail.com.
University of Warsaw, Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0299-3515
Maciej Skowera – PhD, works at the Institute of Polish Literature of the Faculty of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw as well as at the Museum of Children's Books, a special department and scholarly reading room of the Warsaw Public Library – Central Library of Mazovia Province (Poland). His research interests include history and the theory of children’s and young adult fantasy fiction, adult reworkings of juvenile classics, and popular culture. Contact: mgskowera@uw.edu.pl or maciej.skowera@koszykowa.pl.
Pedagogical University of Cracow, University of Warsaw Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4101-9683
Karolina Stępień – MA, prepares a doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies of the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on theory of children's literature and contemporary Argentinian literature for children. She works at the Institute of Modern Languages of the Faculty of Humanities at the Pedagogical University of Cracow (Poland). Contact: karolina.stepien@up.krakow.pl.
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