Marian Pankowski Explained

Marian Pankowski (9 November 1919  - 3 April 2011) was a Polish writer, poet, literary critic and translator.

Pankowski was born in Sanok. He was a member of the Polish resistance during World War II, and a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. After the war, he settled in Belgium,^[1] where he died in Brussels from pneumonia on 3 April 2011 at the age of 91.

Writing

Pankowski's Holocaust narratives critically engage with the Polish tradition; he frequently criticizes the pronounced patriarchalism cum Catholicism.^[2] The controversy that resulted from his writing seems to stem from his "unconventional approach to sexuality, including same-sex love."

Besides writing original work, Pankowski has published translations of Polish poetry into French.

External links

• marianpankowski.pl, website about Marian Pankowski
• International conference on Marian Pankowski's work, 13–14 November 2009, Brussels
• Russian Literature, Volume 70, 15 November 2011, Issue 4, pages 467-644, is devoted entirely to Pankowski.

Notes and References

1. Wilson. Reuel K.. 1997. Rudolf. World Literature Today. 71. 829. 10.2307/40153432 . 40153432 .
2. Shallcross. Bożena. November 2011. The Pink Triangle and Gay Camp Identity in Marian Pankowskiʼs Writings. Russian Literature. en. 70. 4. 511–523. 10.1016/j.ruslit.2012.01.009.