{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gda\u0144skiego","provider_url":"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/en\/","author_name":"Milena Szabat","author_url":"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/en\/author\/milena-szabat\/","title":"Vonnegut and Styron in Poland - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gda\u0144skiego","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7H55zQKcME\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/en\/ksiegarnia-online\/zapowiedzi\/vonnegut-i-styron-z-wizyta-w-polsce\/\">Vonnegut and Styron in Poland<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/en\/ksiegarnia-online\/zapowiedzi\/vonnegut-i-styron-z-wizyta-w-polsce\/embed\/#?secret=7H55zQKcME\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Vonnegut and Styron in Poland&#8221; &#8212; Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gda\u0144skiego\" data-secret=\"7H55zQKcME\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wydawnictwo.ug.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vonnegut-mock.jpg","thumbnail_width":978,"thumbnail_height":936,"description":"Vonnegut and Styron in Poland. An Open Meeting at Gda\u0144sk University's English Institute, March 20, 1985  In March 1985, two internationally known authors appeared in Gda\u0144sk. These were provocative writers who challenged the aes\u00adthetics of their time and boldly expressed unconventional, often controversial views. Their books, translated also into Polish, sold in impressive numbers. Kurt Vonnegut (1922\u20132007) was then par\u00adticularly popular among Polish readers. His most recognizable nov\u00adels included Cat\u2019s Cradle (1963) and Breakfast of Champions (1973), but above all, the famed Slaughterhouse\u2011Five (1969), inspired by the author\u2019s personal experiences as an American prisoner of war who survived the Allied carpet bombing of Dresden in 1945. William Sty\u00adron (1925\u20132006) was mainly known to Polish readers as the author of the novel Sophie\u2019s Choice (1979).  The text of the historical interview with Kurt Vonnegut and Wil\u00adliam Styron was a forgotten document, a treasure lost and accidentally unearthed.  The book is published in Polish and English language."}