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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Slavic 14

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz papers

Overview

Letters and other materials of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, the Polish painter, novelist, and playwright.

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1971
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1928-1936

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in Polish with some printed materials in Dutch, English, French, and Italian.

Extent

.25 linear feet (1 box)

Primarily palimpsest-like love letters from Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz to Zofia Mikucka. Also includes SIW's sketches on the verso of a few letters, letters from others to SIW, a typescript carbon of Jan Maciej Karol Wścieklica, printed materials about Witkiewicz, a photograph of Witkiewicz, and other humorous revisions of documents.

Biographical / Historical

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) was a Polish avant-garde painter, novelist, playwright, and philosopher. His pseudonym was Witkacy.

Arrangement

Arranged into two series:

  1. I. Correspondence
  2. II. Other materials

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

94M-43. Bequest of Professor Aleksander Janta; received after 1974.

Separated Materials

The other papers received in the Aleksander Janta bequest have been cataloged into separate finding aids as:

Processing Information

Processed by: Gwido Zlatkes, with the assistance of Bonnie B. Salt.

Title
Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz papers, 1928-1971: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01938

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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