The Battle of Literature. Older sister. Biography of Irena Gombrowicz/Aleksandra Gąsowska/Grażyna Lutosławska/PJM

Hardworking, creative, educated, affectionate. She wrote reviews, articles, theater scripts for youth. She helped children from the poorest families. Why have biographers of Witold Gombrowicz, her younger brother, ignored her so far? What made the author of “Ferdydurke”, the book that came into existence thanks to Irene, rarely mention his sister, and if anything, not very flatteringly? Will Irena Gombrowicz take her rightful place in history?

Aleksandra Gąsowska — Doctor of Humanities, journalist. She has been associated with culture for many years. She worked at the Literature Museum in Warsaw, in the Koszykowa Library, now in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. She is engaged in the study of the history of literature, the discovery of the fate of the Gombrowicz family, the biographies of women who are co-authors of the success of recognized artists. Privately a lover of bicycles, Polish jazz and applied art.