@ARTICLE{Walkowiak_Justyna_B._The_2018, author={Walkowiak, Justyna B.}, volume={No 62}, journal={Onomastica}, pages={225-241}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={Komitet Językoznawstwa PAN}, publisher={Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN}, abstract={Many performing artists in the interwar period in Poland assumed stage names, which were considered a tool of promoting one’s image, but also served other functions, such as the concealment of identity. Over two hundred such pseudonyms — together with the respective artists’ birth names — have been collected and analysed in the article. Approximately in the case of half of them was the original given name retained, and only the surname underwent a change. The comparison of the assumed names with the real ones shows that many names were shortened, and/or made to sound foreign or exotic. Minority surnames — Jewish/German, Russian, Ukrainian — were frequently made to sound Polish, while the Polish ones were foreignised (to make them look English, Italian, French) or vaguely exoticised.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={The Stage Names of Polish Interwar Artists}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/111865/PDF-MASTER/11%20Walkowiak.pdf}, keywords={Polish stage names, Polish artistic pseudonyms, interwar period, film actors, theatre actors}, }