Polish–Lithuanian Dialogues. From Miłosz and Venclova to Kępiński and Kunčius

Abstract

The starting point for the reflections on Polish–Lithuanian dialogue presented in this article is David Bohm’s idea, emerging from a sense of crisis in human communication. It aptly captures the essence of contemporary conversations between Poles and Lithuanians. These “genuine dialogues” – or “good conversations” – take various forms: spoken and written exchanges, interviews, letters, essays, and even poems. The author focuses on an analysis of the dialogues conducted by Czesław Miłosz and Tomas Venclova, as well as by Piotr Kępiński and Herkus Kunčius.