Abstract
From the beginning of the fifties, the reception of Albert Camus’ writings among Polish emigres oscillated around the phenomenon of unmasking communism. Interpreting the famous dispute between Camus and Sartre, Polish exiles joined a larger debate about the direction in which culture and politics were heading in the West. The controversy caused by the publication of Camus’ The Rebel became a chance for Polish intellectuals to express their voices regarding the situation in their country. A transient community existed between them and Camus - to join it was to say “no” to the separation from spiritual transformations in Western Europe. This poster presents the Polish exiled writers’ personal, intellectual, and artistic relations with Camus and explains the idea of community with this writer that transpires in the Polish authors’ letters, autobiographies and essays.
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Albert Camus, Polish culture, French culture, Existentialism, Emigration, Reception studies
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