Published: 2025-10-30

Memoir Writing Competitions in Exile (The Example of the ‘My First Year in Exile’ Contest)

Jakub Osiński
Papers in Literature
Section: Betwen autobiography, diary, letter and biography
https://doi.org/10.31648/pl.10668

Abstract

This paper examines the phenomenon of Polish memoir writing competitions in exile and
compares it with analogous initiatives in Poland. It uses the 1971 competition organised by the Lon-
don ‘Wiadomości’ as acase study.

Keywords:

Polish emigration after The Second World War (1945–1989), ‘Wiadomości’ [‘Polish Émigré Weekly’], memoir, memoir writing competitions

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Osiński, J. (2025). Memoir Writing Competitions in Exile (The Example of the ‘My First Year in Exile’ Contest). Papers in Literature, (13), 59–72. https://doi.org/10.31648/pl.10668

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