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A biographical essay about the travels to Australia of Polish anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942) and modern Polish artist and writer Stanisław Witkacy (Witkiewicz) (1885-1939). Malinowski and Witkacy were childhood friends, and made a joint voyage from Poland to Australia in 1914; Malinowski returned to Australia alone in 1916-1917 and 1918-1920. Paszkowski notes that Malinowski began to draft his famous work Argonauts of the Western Pacific while at the State Library of Victoria in 1918, and that he married his Australian wife Elsie Masson in Melbourne in 1919. The author suggests that Malinowski's years in Australia helped to facilitate his entry into the world of English-speaking anthropology before his move to England in 1920. Paszkowski also considers the influence of Witkacy's visit to Australia on three plays he wrote between 1920 and 1921, including Mister Price czyli Bzik Tropikalny (Mister Price or the Tropical Madness) (1920).
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English translation of the title: Malinowski and Witkacy in Australia
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The essay is presented in Green Winter as a single work in two parts; the editor's notes to each part indicate, however, that these parts were originally published separately, the first in no. 1384 of the Polish London weekly Wiadomości (8 October 1972, p. 2); the second in nos. 1386-1387 of Wiadomości (22-29 October 1972, p. 3).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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cAustralia,c
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cPapua New Guinea,cPacific Region,
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cPoland,cEastern Europe, Europe,
- Ceylon,
- 1914-1920
