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Various faces of Kurt Suckert – Curzio Malaparte’s works in Poland Abstract The article aims at showing the presence of Curzio Malaparte’s prose in Poland, mainly bycharacterizing subsequent Polish translations of individual works of the writer, as well as reactions to them exhibited by critics and interest of the readers. Out of necessity, the articleis only an outline, however, it can be a base for further analysis of reception of Malaparte’swriting in Poland. From the information gathered on publications of the Italian authors aninteresting model emerges. It links the changes in popularity of Malaparte in Poland withhistoric events and political situation. Keywords: Curzio Malaparte, Kaputt, Polish press, reception, translation

All that is human Abstract In Historie florenckie Ewa Białkowska focuses on the vast cultural heritage of RenaissanceFlorence, however, she begins by mentioning a disastrous flood of the 1960s that couldhave easily ruined said heritage. The present article aims at presenting the main ideas ofthe book and more importantly to pinpoint those elements that contribute to its originality.Even though Historie florenckie focus mainly on showing the most important works of art ofTuscany’s capital, in their descriptions a vital role is played by identifying the relationshipbetween a piece of art and a human, between culture and society in which it is created. Theinteraction between human and art appears to be the most interesting aspect of the book. Keywords: Florence, travel, renaissance art