Grażyna Szapołowska (Ewelina) and Aleksander Domogarow (Edmund). Press Photo. Copyright TVP June Night: Of Love and Duty (1980) By Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Translated from Polish by Magda Romanska Polish poet, novelist, and playwright, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, was a complex figure with conflicted biography. Born in 1894, near Kyiv during the time of Russian Empire’s rule over the…
Crime and Punishment
By Andrzej Wajda
Translated from Polish by Magda Romanska
Reviewed by Alena Aniskieicz
Debates over the past, present, and future of Poland have long played out in the nation’s dramatic writings.
Reviewed by Will Harrington
Many of the problems associated with being Polish in relation to other countries should not be out of place for those wondering what it means to be American, British, Australian, or any of the other English-speaking nations this fresh translation hopes to target.
The Mercurian 