Pawel Zajas
Biographic Data
| ID | 6003267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pawel Zajas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pawel |
| FAMILY NAME | Zajas |
| SIGNATURE | ZAJAS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6041-297X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Long 1990s and the Myth of Post-Ideological Europe
Dear readers,The ‘long 1990s’ – the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the attacks of 11 September 2001 – has often been remembered, particularly from the perspective of today’s
Maastricht 1989
The 1989 International PEN Congress in Maastricht marked a decisive moment in the cultural and political transformations preceding the end of the Cold War. Held only months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the congress became a forum for negotiating ideological narratives, literary responsibility, and changing patterns of international cultural exchange. Participants debated the decline of collective political projects and the rise of individu…
Internationale Buchmessen als Außenkulturpolitik
This article examines the cultural policy of the Bonn Foreign Office that determined the functions of Frankfurt Book Fair and other international book fairs from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980 s. Firstly, it focusses on the role of the Frankfurt Book Fair in the New Ostpolitik, particularly with regard to the participation of Eastern European writers and publishers. Secondly, the cultural policy dimension of the ‘guest of honour’ of the Fra…
Sozialistische Großfamilie
The article offers an analysis of transnational contacts as they developed in the GDR through cultural exchange within the Eastern Bloc and the international cultural policies of the socialist states. First, the archives of the German Writers Union are used to show how, paradoxically, the processes of transnational cooperation that began after 1956 led to a policy of isolation of the GDR. Secondly, it is demonstrated that the cultural exchange be…
Literatur im Ministerium des Innern
The Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo is by far the most important award for German artists. It is awarded to renowned artists from the fields of fine arts, composition, literature, and architecture. Despite the award’s significant status, its position in the German literary and cultural-political system and the selection policy on which it is based remains largely under-researched. This article examines institutional and personal ne…
Poetyka i polityka czasopism
The article focuses on the translation dynamics in texts from East European literatures published by the German journal Merkur. Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken, published since 1947. Merkur has played a crucial part in shaping the intellectual landscape of Germany and Europe. Founded in the French occupational zone (Baden- Baden), Merkur’s form has been shaped by the tension of the political confrontation between East and West. The j…
Chaos i porządek archiwum
Zajas discusses the selection and interpretation of documents in the context of the \nliterary archive, which emerged as an institution at the end of the nineteenth century. \nFirst he examines the internal and external factors that impact the shape of the author’s \nestate. Next he analyses the transposition of the publisher’s archive to the form of the \nliterary archive. In the conclusion he highlights three levels of interpretive intervention…
Hans Joachim Schädlich und die niederländische Lyrik
The paper reveals the backstage of a modern Dutch poetry anthology Gedichte aus Belgien und den Niederlanden (1977), published by an East German publisher Volk & Welt. An analysis of the surviving correspondence, publishing reviews, and peritexts (afterwords) has shown the mechanisms of transfer in literary translation to the GDR. This historical-literary case study illustrates the ways in which the political and cultural function of anthologies …
"Polnische Bibliothek" Karla Dedeciusa. Literatura między polityką kulturalną a praktyką wydawniczą
oficyn Suhrkamp Verlag "Polnische Bibliothek" stanowi po dzie dzisiejszy unikatow w
South goes East. Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur bij Volk & Welt
The paper analyses the transfer of South African literature to the German Democratic Republic. In its historiographic/methodological dimension it presents findings on the statistics of (South) African literature(s) translations in the Verlag Volk und Welt (the major East German publisher in the area of contemporary world literature), and on the place of literary translations in the East German foreign cultural policy, as well as in the socialist …
Fakty, fikcje, niefikcje. Trzy uwagi o gatunkach granicznych
Zajas addresses three themes. First, he reflects on the genre of nonfiction writing. Secondly, he points out that the fluid boundary between fiction
Literatur und auswärtige Kulturpolitik
This paper analyses the relationship between literature and German foreign cultural policy. This involves a policontextural view applied to the so far largely unknown archival resources. This approach enables questions as to when , how and why a modern autonomous literary system was brought to the centre of attention of cultural policy to be addressed. The employed methodology serves as a basis for proposing an alternative periodisation of foreig…
Niemiecki Kołakowski. 1943 - Intelligence - 1968
Niniejszy artykuł omawia polityczno-kulturalne tło oraz mechanizmy pola wydawniczego, które towarzyszyły sukcesowi zachodnioniemieckiej premiery esejów Leszka Kołakowskiego w 1960 roku. Zajas próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, dlaczego Piper-Verlag nie zbudował wokół tej książki większego programu, który scalałby myśl marksistowską z Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Autor poddaje również hermeneutycznej lekturze fragment korespondencji Kołakowskiego z H…
Van spoke gepraat (Charles Fryer, samest.)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Herovering van het paradijs
The paper offers an analysis of an ethnographic perspective on the contemporary status of indigenous tribes of South Africa. The analysis concerns a specific publication Herovering van het paradijs (Paradise reconquered) which constitutes a report on the indigenous peoples of South Africa compiled as an incentive of the Dutch Organization for International Aid (Novib). The paper focuses on the negative perception of tourism in contemporary ethnog…
Heteronomia autonomii. Pole literackie i zagraniczna polityka kulturalna
Niniejszy artykuł stanowi prolegomenę projektu badawczego, poświęconego relacjom między literaturą a mechanizmami zagranicznej polityki kulturalnej w kontekście stosunków polsko-niemieckich. Autor analizuje akta bońskiego MSZ z lat 1960-1970, a następnie próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, jak ówczesne środowisko polityczne definiowało funkcję kultury. Działania rządowych instancji konfrontowane są z perspektywą aktorów pola literackiego. W tym przy…
Tolbos (Irma Joubert)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
In het land der Boeren
In the land of the Boers: The reception of the Anglo-Boer War in Polish youth literature Polish writers and journalists frequently used the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) as a symbol of resistance against foreign rule in their country. Since 1795 till the end of World War I, Poland had been absent from the map of Europe, divided between the European powers of Prussia (later Germany), Russia and Austria. In this context, high hopes for independence we…
Uit de donkere dagen van voor linguistic turn oftewel wat J. M. Coetzee in de bekentenis van Willem Termeer zag en wat hij daarmee deed
The South African Nobel Prize winner, J. M. Coetzee has a particular connection to the Netherlands. For instance, he had reviewed Dutch literature for the New York Times (the reviews were later included in a book called Stranger Shores: essays 1986–1999) and he translated and compiled an anthology of Dutch poetry (Landscape with Rowers, 2004) for the English readership. Moreover, his books are frequently published in their Dutch translation prior…
Nasleep (Carel van der Merwe)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Dae in Mei (Jaco Fouché)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Uit de donkere dagen van voor linguistic turn oftewel wat J. M. Coetzee in de bekentenis van Willem Termeer zag en wat hij daarmee deed
The South African Nobel Prize winner, J. M. Coetzee has a particular connection to the Netherlands. For instance, he had reviewed Dutch literature for the New York Times (the reviews were later included in a book called Stranger Shores: essays 1986–1999) and he translated and compiled an anthology of Dutch poetry (Landscape with Rowers, 2004) for the English readership. Moreover, his books are frequently published in their Dutch translation prior…
Nasleep (Carel van der Merwe)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Dae in Mei (Jaco Fouché)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Uit de donkere dagen van voor linguistic turn oftewel wat J. M. Coetzee in de bekentenis van Willem Termeer zag en wat hij daarmee deed
The South African Nobel Prize winner, J. M. Coetzee has a particular connection to the Netherlands. For instance, he had reviewed Dutch literature for the New York Times (the reviews were later included in a book called Stranger Shores: essays 1986–1999) and he translated and compiled an anthology of Dutch poetry (Landscape with Rowers, 2004) for the English readership. Moreover, his books are frequently published in their Dutch translation prior…
In het land der Boeren
In the land of the Boers: The reception of the Anglo-Boer War in Polish youth literature Polish writers and journalists frequently used the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) as a symbol of resistance against foreign rule in their country. Since 1795 till the end of World War I, Poland had been absent from the map of Europe, divided between the European powers of Prussia (later Germany), Russia and Austria. In this context, high hopes for independence we…
Tolbos (Irma Joubert)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Heteronomia autonomii. Pole literackie i zagraniczna polityka kulturalna
Niniejszy artykuł stanowi prolegomenę projektu badawczego, poświęconego relacjom między literaturą a mechanizmami zagranicznej polityki kulturalnej w kontekście stosunków polsko-niemieckich. Autor analizuje akta bońskiego MSZ z lat 1960-1970, a następnie próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, jak ówczesne środowisko polityczne definiowało funkcję kultury. Działania rządowych instancji konfrontowane są z perspektywą aktorów pola literackiego. W tym przy…
Niemiecki Kołakowski. 1943 - Intelligence - 1968
Niniejszy artykuł omawia polityczno-kulturalne tło oraz mechanizmy pola wydawniczego, które towarzyszyły sukcesowi zachodnioniemieckiej premiery esejów Leszka Kołakowskiego w 1960 roku. Zajas próbuje odpowiedzieć na pytanie, dlaczego Piper-Verlag nie zbudował wokół tej książki większego programu, który scalałby myśl marksistowską z Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Autor poddaje również hermeneutycznej lekturze fragment korespondencji Kołakowskiego z H…
Van spoke gepraat (Charles Fryer, samest.)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices.
Herovering van het paradijs
The paper offers an analysis of an ethnographic perspective on the contemporary status of indigenous tribes of South Africa. The analysis concerns a specific publication Herovering van het paradijs (Paradise reconquered) which constitutes a report on the indigenous peoples of South Africa compiled as an incentive of the Dutch Organization for International Aid (Novib). The paper focuses on the negative perception of tourism in contemporary ethnog…
Fakty, fikcje, niefikcje. Trzy uwagi o gatunkach granicznych
Zajas addresses three themes. First, he reflects on the genre of nonfiction writing. Secondly, he points out that the fluid boundary between fiction
Literatur und auswärtige Kulturpolitik
This paper analyses the relationship between literature and German foreign cultural policy. This involves a policontextural view applied to the so far largely unknown archival resources. This approach enables questions as to when , how and why a modern autonomous literary system was brought to the centre of attention of cultural policy to be addressed. The employed methodology serves as a basis for proposing an alternative periodisation of foreig…
"Polnische Bibliothek" Karla Dedeciusa. Literatura między polityką kulturalną a praktyką wydawniczą
oficyn Suhrkamp Verlag "Polnische Bibliothek" stanowi po dzie dzisiejszy unikatow w
South goes East. Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur bij Volk & Welt
The paper analyses the transfer of South African literature to the German Democratic Republic. In its historiographic/methodological dimension it presents findings on the statistics of (South) African literature(s) translations in the Verlag Volk und Welt (the major East German publisher in the area of contemporary world literature), and on the place of literary translations in the East German foreign cultural policy, as well as in the socialist …
Chaos i porządek archiwum
Zajas discusses the selection and interpretation of documents in the context of the \nliterary archive, which emerged as an institution at the end of the nineteenth century. \nFirst he examines the internal and external factors that impact the shape of the author’s \nestate. Next he analyses the transposition of the publisher’s archive to the form of the \nliterary archive. In the conclusion he highlights three levels of interpretive intervention…
Hans Joachim Schädlich und die niederländische Lyrik
The paper reveals the backstage of a modern Dutch poetry anthology Gedichte aus Belgien und den Niederlanden (1977), published by an East German publisher Volk & Welt. An analysis of the surviving correspondence, publishing reviews, and peritexts (afterwords) has shown the mechanisms of transfer in literary translation to the GDR. This historical-literary case study illustrates the ways in which the political and cultural function of anthologies …
Poetyka i polityka czasopism
The article focuses on the translation dynamics in texts from East European literatures published by the German journal Merkur. Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken, published since 1947. Merkur has played a crucial part in shaping the intellectual landscape of Germany and Europe. Founded in the French occupational zone (Baden- Baden), Merkur’s form has been shaped by the tension of the political confrontation between East and West. The j…
Literatur im Ministerium des Innern
The Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo is by far the most important award for German artists. It is awarded to renowned artists from the fields of fine arts, composition, literature, and architecture. Despite the award’s significant status, its position in the German literary and cultural-political system and the selection policy on which it is based remains largely under-researched. This article examines institutional and personal ne…
Sozialistische Großfamilie
The article offers an analysis of transnational contacts as they developed in the GDR through cultural exchange within the Eastern Bloc and the international cultural policies of the socialist states. First, the archives of the German Writers Union are used to show how, paradoxically, the processes of transnational cooperation that began after 1956 led to a policy of isolation of the GDR. Secondly, it is demonstrated that the cultural exchange be…
Internationale Buchmessen als Außenkulturpolitik
This article examines the cultural policy of the Bonn Foreign Office that determined the functions of Frankfurt Book Fair and other international book fairs from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1980 s. Firstly, it focusses on the role of the Frankfurt Book Fair in the New Ostpolitik, particularly with regard to the participation of Eastern European writers and publishers. Secondly, the cultural policy dimension of the ‘guest of honour’ of the Fra…
The Long 1990s and the Myth of Post-Ideological Europe
Dear readers,The ‘long 1990s’ – the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the attacks of 11 September 2001 – has often been remembered, particularly from the perspective of today’s
Maastricht 1989
The 1989 International PEN Congress in Maastricht marked a decisive moment in the cultural and political transformations preceding the end of the Cold War. Held only months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the congress became a forum for negotiating ideological narratives, literary responsibility, and changing patterns of international cultural exchange. Participants debated the decline of collective political projects and the rise of individu…
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