„Tylko w miłości wypełnia się los człowieka” — Oskar Miłosz i Bronisława Ostrowska

This article discusses the artist friendship between Oskar Miłosz, a poet who lived in France, and Bronisława Ostrowska, who stayed in Paris with her husband, a sculptor, in 1907–1913. In 1910 the Ostrowskis founded of the Society of Polish Artists, of which Miłosz became a member. Ostrowska became interested in Miłosz’s poems and, as the Society was dedicated to the presentation of Polish arts and literature, she decided to translate them into Polish. She eventually had them published in 1919 after her return to Poland. Among them was Miguel Manara, a mystery drama, which she saw as an abso-lutely fascinating palimpsest of all kinds of wisdom. Indeed, its echoes are ever-present in her poetry, complemented with Juliusz Słowacki’s visionary philosophy and biblical meditations. Her poems, especially those that come from the time she worked on the translation of Miguel Manara, resonate with Miłosz’s thought. A theme that preoccu-pied both of them was the notion of loving care (Sorge). For Ostrowska it was the key to self-awareness and a source of experiences that lead through sacrifice and suffering to a spiritual rebirth.