„Nie sądzę, żeby posądzanie mnie o wrogość do Kościoła było słuszne” . Związki Czesława Miłosza z Seminarium Polskim w Paryżu

Abstract

Czesław Miłosz is one of the greatest Polish poets, essayists and translators. In 1980, in recognition of his literary merits, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He was born in 1911 in Lithuania. This is how he graduated from the law studies at the Stefan Batory University. In Vilnius, he was one of the leading activists of the local literary circle. In 1933, his first book was published (Poem of Frozen Time). Before the outbreak of World War II, he worked for Polish Radio. After 1939, he was forced to stay in Romania, then in Vilnius, and finally managed to get to Warsaw. He took part in the underground cultural life of the occupied capital. After 1945, he began to cooperate with the communist authorities. As a diplomat, he worked at posts in New York, Washington and Paris. In 1951, Czesław Miłosz decided to resign from his position as cultural attaché at the Polish Embassy in Paris. For him, a difficult period begins both materially and morally: destitute, with a marriage (civil union) falling apart. By a happy coincidence, the then Rector of Polish Seminary in Paris, Father Antoni Banaszak, stood on his life path. As a result of his efforts, on 13 January 1956, in the Polish church at rue Saint Honoré, the writer sanctioned their long-standing relationship with a church wedding. What was the relationship between the Rector of the Polish Seminary and Czesław Miłosz, a former communist dyplomat who came from he USA?