A notebook with Norwid on the cover. Notes on the presence of Cyrian Norwid in the volumes of poetry titled Kochanka Norwida and Nie dam ci siebie w żadnej postaci by Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki

Abstract

The article examines the connections between the poetry of Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki and the works of Cyprian Norwid. The author of this article follows Norwidian traces in the contemporary poet’s writings and attempts to reveal their meanings. The poems in the collections titled Kochanka Norwida (2014) and Nie dam ci siebie w żadnej postaci (2016) are analysed and interpreted, where frequent and obvious references are made to Norwid. It is argued here that Norwid’s works had a significant impact on the form of the poetic identity of Tkaczyszyn-Dycki, while the references do not stem merely from a creative strategy, but also from Tkaczyszyn-Dycki’s exceptional experience of meeting the Poet.