O pisarstwie gawędowym Maryny Okęckiej-Bromkowej

The writings of Maryna Okęcka-Bromkowa (1922–2004), the Olsztyn author of hundreds of radio broadcasts, a collection of reportages as well as parables and memoirs, draws the reader’s attention to the greatly perfected style of tale narrative. Born and brought up as a half-orphan in a noble, Polish mansion house in Stadniki, she is permeated by the tradition of borderland, that also finds its expression in the expansion of the tale, as a literary genre, which is very often employed in the speaking and writing of the Eastern Borderlands’ people. Another source of the tale borrowings springs from the essence of her work in the field. As a journalist, while travelling around Poland, she recorded thousands of unique melodies, tales and customs.