Autobiografia Literatura Kultura Media

The author briefly describes the relations between the concept of a generation (especially literary generation) in social sciences and so called „generation 1910” – a group of Polish writers, with Czesław Miłosz, Jerzy Andrzejewski and Jerzy Putrament amongst them. Although it’s impossible to find similar poetics for all members of the generation, the author pinpoints – after Teresa Walas and Marta Wyka – two traumatic experiences they share: “social” catastrophism, caused by economic and political reality of interwar period, and tragic war experience. Those two experiences are present in the life of Piotr Zaremba, planner and the first president of postwar Szczecin; but, surprisingly, it’s hard to trace direct references to authors of 1910 generation in his autobiographical output. There’s however one significant exception: Józef Kisielewski, polish reporter and writer, who is mentioned couple of times by Zaremba. The author shows, that Kisielewski’s most important book, Ziemia gromadzi prochy (Earth Gathers the Ashes), contains political and ideological thoughts crucial for Zaremba views on Pomerania’s history and important for his practical decisions as a politician.