Grażyna Legutko (Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce) The Year 1941 in the Works of Gustaw Daniłowski, Andrzej Strugand and Wacław Sieroszewski The article presents the reaction of famous writers of Young Poland to the outbreak of World War I. In the analyzed texts of fiction and opinion journalism, various literary views on ‘year 1914’ expressed in the works of Gustaw Daniłowski, Andrzej Strug and Wacław Sieroszewski are discussed. Daniłowski and Sieroszewski, strongly connected with Józef Piłsudski supporters, favored apotheosis of armed struggle contrary to Strug whose picture of war was evolving from the admiration of ‘beautiful war’ to pacifistic attitudes. Key words: Great War, year 1941, literary works of Young Poland (diaries, opinion journalism and fiction connected with World War I), Gustaw Daniłowski, Andrzej Strug, Wacław Sieroszewski