G.K. CHESTERTON AND POLAND

Puzzler1	May 18, 07, 02:23 / #
A friend has sent me a rare gift: Gilbert Keith Chesterton's 'Autobiography,' published in London in 1937, one year after the great English writer's death. Chesterton writes with sympathy about Poland; he visited the country ( in 1920s?), met Marshall Pilsudski and Roman Dmowski. In the book, Chesterton mentions 'a particularly charming Anglo-Irish academic gentleman doing [...] the work of penetrating with sympathy the soul of Poland' (p.313). Are there foreigners today who have equally positive attitude towards Poland and the Poles as Chesterton and the Anglo-Irish gentleman? See: G. K. Chesterton. Autobiography. Hutchinson & Co. London: 1937.

Papagena	Sep 7, 08, 12:42 / #
The late James Michener's book POLAND was very insightful. Michener was adopted, so may or may not have had Polish blood, but he was known for his careful research.