In Purest Sorrow (Polish: W żalu najczystszym) is a hand-made volume of poetry by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński from 1942.[2]
| In Purest Sorrow | |
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| National Library of Poland | |
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| Also known as | W żalu najczystszym |
| Date | 1942 |
| Language(s) | Polish |
| Size | 23×14 cm, 20 leaves[1] |
| Accession | Rps 7978 I[1] |
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński was the greatest Polish poet of the Generation of Columbuses.[3] He died in 1944 in the Warsaw Uprising.[3] The volume was the poet's wedding gift to his wife, Barbara Baczyńska (née Drapczyńska).[2] It was hand-written and ornamented by the poet himself.[3] The manuscript consists of 20 thick, light brown leaves sewn together with cotton filament.[3] Each of the 18 poems in the volume, written in Baczyński's own hand, opens with a large colourful initial.[3] Beneath the autographs of 13 poems are small watercolours painted by the poet.[3]
The manuscript was purchased by the National Library of Poland in 1963 from Baczyński's mother-in-law, Feliksa Drapczyńska. In 2021 the volume was inscribed on UNESCO’S Memory of the World Register.[2] From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at the permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth.[4][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "In Purest Sorrow". Polona (in Polish). National Library of Poland. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ a b c d Makowski & Sapała 2024, p. 193.
- ^ a b c d e f More precious than gold 2003, section ″Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński’s Poetry″.
- ^ "Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors". National Library of Poland. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
Bibliography
edit- Makowski, Tomasz; Sapała, Patryk, eds. (2024). The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth. Warsaw: National Library of Poland.
- Tchórzewska-Kabata, Halina; Dąbrowski, Maciej, eds. (2003). More precious than gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library (electronic version) (PDF). Translated by Dorosz, Janina. Warsaw: National Library of Poland. ISBN 83-7009-402-3.
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