Wspomnienia odessity 1894–1916 Eugeniusza Janiszewskiego

Abstract

In 1987 the National Ossoliński Institute in Wrocław published the memoirs of the late Eng Eugeniusz Janiszewski (1893-1972), born in the Migajewo estate close to Odessa. The memoirs include the author's childhood and youth, spent mainly in Odessa and its surroundings, hence the title Wspomnienia odessity (Memoirs of an Odessite) (1894-1916). These were happy years in the life of the author, before the wars and revolutions, so the city is portrayed by him with sympathy and affection. Although Janiszewski was not a writer, the language of his memoirs, the ability to construct dialogues, to capture the variety of moods and emotions, the composition of smaller fragments and the whole text, the ability to interest the reader show a great literary talent of the author.