Ukraińscy emigranci w prozie i publicystyce Włodzimierza Odojewskiego

Abstract

The article recalls the work of the prose writer, playwright, journalist of the Polish Section in the Radio Free Europe in Munich, Włodzimierz Odojewski ( 1930-2016), with emphasis on the importance of the complex issue of Polish-Ukrainian relations throughout history in his writings; in particular the tragic events of the 20th century. The action in his most famous works, called the "Podolian" or "Ukrainian" series (named after the location of events) takes place at the apogee of ethnic cleansings from 1943-1945, described in the Polish historical discourse as "Massacres of Poles in Volhynia". In the works from the emigre period (after 1971), the writer still returns to the "war on the borderlands", but he nuances, deepens and enriches its picture. In the last period, interesting characters of Ukrainian emigrants from independence circles appear in his works, whom the author of the sketch tries to characterize, confronting them with the writer's conversations on the subject of Ukraine, Ukrainians and the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations.