Selected radio programmes in light of the ‘Jounal’ : the work of Jan Lechoń for the Radio Free Europe

Przedmiotem artykułu jest działalność publicystyczna wybitnego przedstawiciela grupy Skamandra, Jana Lechonia. Podczas siedemnastu lat spędzonych na emigracji poeta angażował się w rozmaite przedsięwzięcia kulturalne, w tym w przygotowywanie audycji dla Radia Wolna Europa. Ambiwalentne nastawienie do tego zajęcia jest widoczne w notatkach zamieszczonych w jego Dzienniku.In spite of his seventeen-year absence from Poland (since 1939 till his death in 1956) Jan Lechoń did not disappear from the scene, devoting himself mainly to writing on current cultural themes. After his permanent move from South America to New York he started editing several Polish newspapers. Moreover, since July 4, 1950 he worked in the Polish Section of Radio Free Europe and two years later (on May 3, 1952) began cooperation by correspondence with Jan Nowak-Jeziorański in Munich. Although Lechoń underestimated his own job as radio programme author and speaker (as repeatedly recorded in his Journal), his work constituted an important part of Polish emigration culture