Summa i fragment. O książce Agnieszki Barbary Cichockiej Odessa inspiracją Polaków

Abstract

The article analyzes the first publication dedicated to the history of Polish community in Odessa. Agnieszka Barbara Cichocka’s Odessa as an Inspiration for Poles was published in Polish in Odessa in 2016, and a year later in an extended version in Poznań. The book remained unfinished as the author died in 2015, and the first edition was badly edited. Cichocka was a teacher living in Poznań; from 2008 to 2012 she stayed in Odessa teaching Polish to Poles living in the city. She was appreciated for her energy and dedication to organizing an amateur theatre. During her work on the book she became terminally ill. Odessa as an Inspiration for Poles is a Baedeker, reportage, compendium of facts, and monograph at the same time. Even if unfinished, the two posthumous editions bring a plethora of information about writers, architects, musicians, journalists, and – more generally – about everyday life in Polish Odessa.