Bolesław Leśmian in the Internet in Russian and the issue of popularity

Abstract

The aim of the research was to extend the previous findings of different scholars concerning the emergence of Bolesław Leśmian’s literary output in Russia, particularly the Russia of today, by including the aspect of the Internet. The conducted analysis concerned both renowned Russian websites which present renditions of foreign literature into Russian and selected authorial websites publishing amateur translations as well as Internet sites which featured different kinds of comments about the Polish poet.

The article also makes references to the issue of popularization of the Polish poet’s literary output and using this output as some grounds for new literary works or philosophical writing.

It also gives a record of poems and vocal works devoted to Leśmian which came into being in the space of the Internet through creation of musical compositions to these texts, which undoubtedly proves the poet’s popularity among Russian-speaking Internet users.