Jadwiga Zając
ORCID: 0000-0001-7983-5454
A b s t r a k t
The article reconstructs the story of Anna Świrszczyńska as constructed in the selection of her poems Kona ostatni człowiek [The last man is dying] by the Wrocław poet Konrad Góra. The selection is personal in nature: the leftist ethos that unites both poets allows Góra to enter into a dialogue with Świrszczyńska’s works, emphasizing those aspects of her writing that are particularly important to him. The story constructed by Góra is similar to the one conceived by Katarzyna Szopa in her book on Świrszczyńska published nine years later: the poet examines the injustice and suffering associated with women’s reproductive work, which is often ignored or taken for granted regardless of the political system in force.