Sketches with a Pen

The diary of four years of war spent by the author in France became one of the main Polish books of the 20th century. In it, Bobkowski recorded the development of military events and diagnosed the European crisis in a catastrophic light, revealing considerable insight.

Andrzej Bobkowski (1913–1961) — writer, publicist. In March 1939, he left for Paris with his wife. He worked at a weapons factory near Paris and was evacuated to southern France along with it. In 1940, he returned to Paris and continued working at the factory. During the German occupation, he participated in the Resistance movement. After the war, he was one of the key contributors to the magazine «Kultura», the main publication of the Polish emigration, which contributed to changes in Poland. It was under the auspices of «Kultura» that his war diary was published. In 1948, Bobkowski moved to Guatemala and opened a model airplane shop there. He is the author of several books, including a rich correspondence.

The book is equipped with a preface by Prof. Maciej Urbanowski and an obituary of Bobkowski written by Józef Czapski.