Published: 2025-12-11

“For Welcoming Us Here Like Children”: Brazil in the Life and Work of the Polish Poet Tadeusz Milan Grzybczyk

Semitha Cevallos Logo ORCID , Tetiana Mychajłowa Logo ORCID

Abstract

The Polish literature written in Brazil is a treasure waiting to be discovered. This is the case with the works of the Polish poet Tadeusz Milan Grzybczyk (1885–1961). His works have fallen into oblivion, while a significant part of his literary output has remained unpublished and, as a result, has not been properly analysed. Some of his works have been irretrievably lost. However, thanks to the research started in 2014 by Marek Stanisz from the University of Rzeszów, the life and work of this poet have once again become the subjects of consideration and new discoveries, a list of which is presented in this article. The article also analyses and interprets Grzybczyk’s poem Tobie Brazyljo!, which compositionally constitutes a separate chapter of the only volume published in the poet’s lifetime titled Wianki parańskie (1921). The poem is an ode to the country of settlement, and Brazil itself is presented in it as a temple. The harmony of all the elements (earth, air, fire and water) creates an orderly, safe world. The mention of young eaglets is an allusion to Polish emigrants in Brazil, whom it welcomed like a loving mother. The poem is saturated with sacred vocabulary, which reflects the poet’s admiration for his adopted homeland.

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Cevallos, S., & Mychajłowa, T. (2025). “For Welcoming Us Here Like Children”: Brazil in the Life and Work of the Polish Poet Tadeusz Milan Grzybczyk. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2025.35.15

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2025
Published: 2025-05-26


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

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