Szwedzki Polak - polski Szwed. Maciej Zaremba Bielawski wobec polskości i polskiej szkoły reportażu

Abstract

The paper aims at analysing the work of Maciej Zaremba Bielawski, a prominent reporter and publicist for Sweden’s largest daily “Dagens Nyheter”. Zaremba, who emigrated from Poland in 1969 in the aftermath of March ’68 events, is now considered as a Swedish journalist of Polish descent, rather than as a Polish immigrant settled in Sweden. Thus, in the study, special emphasis is placed on exploring identity aspects of Zaremba’s three books translated from Swedish and published in Poland: Polski hydraulik i inne opowieści ze Szwecji [Polish Plumber and Other Stories from Sweden], Leśna mafia. Szwedzki thriller ekologiczny [Forest Mafia. A Swedish Eco-Thriller], Higieniści. Z dziejów eugeniki [Hygienists. From the History of Eugenics]. Moreover, the article examines the poetics of Zaremba’s journalistic reportage with reference to practices of the so-called “engaged” journalism. The research also touches upon Zaremba’s attitude towards the literary stylistics of the Polish school of reportage, as well as his engagement in promoting Polish literature and culture in Sweden.