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BANNED WRITER The article develops a profile of Jan Szczęsny Płatkowski (1864-1938), a writer who lived and worked in Myślenice at the turn of the 20th century. His life and oeuvre require detailed research, which is why the current discussion only outlines the most important facts from his biography and basic information about his diverse literary output concerning the Myślenice area and the villages inhabited by the Kliszczak Gorals. The article cites a passage from a short story recorded between the villages of Łętownia and Tokarnia, published in 1931 in Poznań as Hallo Hallo!: radiomonologi; Gawędy beskidzkie [Hello, hello!; Radio monologues; Tales from the Beskids]. The article also includes Legenda o Diabelskim Kamieniu w Stróży [The Legend of the Devil’s Stone in Stróża], written in the Kliszczak dialect. These quoted passages illustrate the character and uniqueness of the local dialect. In his works Jan Szczęsny Płatkowski shows interest in the surrounding world. He was deeply preoccupied by recording folk tales, on which he based his stage plays called folk pictures.