The poet's handbag, as it were
Różewicz's memorabilia are to be transferred to the Zajezdnia Historical Centre. You can learn quite a lot about the poet by having a peek in his drawer. "This is a woman's handbag, as it were," says Różewicz's granddaughter, Julia. You can easily learn that the poet smoked cigarettes (Camel) and that, for fear of the wife, he would never keep a packet out in the open. The drawer conceals a number of books, including "Fraszki" by Jan Kochanowski, his own poetry (with a note on the dust jacket saying that the cover is neither here nor there, nothing speciall really) and blonde jokes. "My grandfather had loads of newspaper cuttings, including tabloids, he was fascinated by almost anything," says Julia Różewicz.
Różewicz anonymous... by accident
A few more items can be found in his desk. Paints with one colour missing (white, the poet may have used it as correcting fluid), a kaleidoscope, glasses and chopsticks. "I'm not sure if he knew how to use them, but they are a souvenir from his visit to China," says the poet's granddaughter. His drawer also contains a ticket to a book expo. He was entitled to enter the event free of charge, but no one recognised him and he had to buy a ticket. He recorded the story at the back, which is why we now know the circumstances.
Drawer at the museum of postwar Wroclaw
Tadeusz Różewicz's memorabilia have recently been bequeathed to the "Remembrance and Future" Centre, and they will soon be transferred to the Zajezdnia Historical Centre, which is now being developed at a former bus depot in ul Grabiszyńska. The centre is going to showcase Wroclaw's daily life between 1945 and 2016, with particular emphasis on everyday objects and stories shared by the residents.
