"May It All Shine in the Sun". Sicilian Reminiscences in the Poetry of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz

In this article, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz's work appears as an attempt to consider the life and poetic dimensions of the experience of traveling to Italy. In the extensive literature on this literary genre, an important place is occupied by poems of Polish and European authors interested in Mediterranean culture, especially Sicily. Their authors are the most outstanding representatives of Polish literature, including the author of unique and extremely original Sicilian sonnets. These works are largely inspired by the friendship with the great Polish composer – Karol Szymanowski (creator of the opera King Roger, with libretto by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz) and the uniqueness of the rich nature and culture of the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula.