The novel focuses on the symbolic meaning of Umschlagplatz, which denotes a small square in German-occupied Warsaw (1939–1945) from which the Germans sent more than 300,000 Jews to their deaths, and thus a place which 'may well be the only place of its kind' in the world. It was translated into French (1989), German (1993), and English (1994). It was reprinted a few times by underground publishing houses in Poland but officially appeared only in 1992 after the communists lost power in 1989. Instytut Literacki, the largest Polish émigré publishing house, originally published the novel in Paris in 1988 as it could not appear in communist Poland. Rymkiewicz’s second novel, entitled Umschlagplatz (1988), had a greater impact.

His novel Rozmowy polskie latem, 1983 ( Polish Conversations in Summer 1983) discusses the meaning of being Polish and the preoccupation with achieving independence. His volume of poetry Zachód słońca w Milanówku won the prestigious Nike Award in 2003.Īlthough Rymkiewicz was primarily a poet, he is better known as the author of two influential novels that contributed to the two most important debates of the 1980s: that involving martial law (1981) and Polish-Jewish relations. Vincenz Prize (1985), and Polish PEN Club Prize. He has received multiple prizes for his novels, essays, and translations, including the Kościelski Prize (1967), S.

Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz (born as Jarosław Marek Szulc was a Polish poet, essayist, dramatist and literary critic.Īs a poet, he was influenced by the traditions of classicism and the baroque.

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