In his time, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894–1980) became one of the most well-known, most influential, and most respected figures in Polish literature. As a founding member of the Skamander group, he was a leading innovator of Polish modernism during the Interwar period. As editor-in-chief of the long-running Twórczość [The literary scene] magazine from 1955 until his death in 1980, he supported the work of innumerable authors whose writings might not have been published otherwise.1 Though it is now over forty years since his passing, and despite some posthumous attacks against him due to his position as long-time chairman of the Polish Writers’ Union (and thus an official in the Communist party), Iwaszkiewicz's eminent status in Polish letters has largely remained unchanged since his death.2 Though much has been written about Iwaszkiewicz's life and work, there are two aspects that have gotten very little attention. The first is his involvement,...

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