| Born in 1947 in Sanok; a poet. He studied Polish philology at Warsaw University. For over twenty years he wrote strictly for himself, while wrestling with a disease. He made his debut in 1994 as a mature poet, with a honed (...)
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| | Born in 1935, a prose writer, screenwriter for film and television, author of radio plays, journalist, and a lawyer by education. In 1973 he published The Marvelous Den in Paris under his own name, which had previously been stopped by the (...)
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MICKIEWICZ AdamMICKIEWICZ, Adam, 1798-1855, greatest of Polish poets, dramatist, journalist; he expressed ideas associated with national liberation and messianism (Polish Messianism); for membership in Philomath Association, exiled to Russia (1824-29) where he met Pushkin and others; then went to West; lectured on Slavonic Literatures at College de France; formed Polish Legion in Italy 1848; subsequently edited international progressive daily Trybuna Ludow(La Tribune des Peuples-Tribune of the Peoples); organized Polish Legion in Turkey 1855; died in Istanbul, buried in Paris; remains returned to Poland and reinterred at Wawel Castle 1890; publication of Ballady i romanse (Ballads and Romances, 1822) regarded as beginning of Polish Romanticism; Oda do mlodosci (Ode to Youth, 1838); poetical novels: Grazyna (1823), Konrad Wallenrod (1828); Sonety krymskie (Crimean Sonnets, 1826); dramatic poem Dziady (Forefathers' Eve, Parts II and IV, 1823; Part III, 1832); Ksiegi narodu polskiego i pielgrzymstwa polskiego (The Book of the Polish Nation and of the Polish Pilgrims, 1832); epic Pan Tadeusz (1834); lyrical poems, translations.
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There are more than 31,000 publishers registered in Poland. However, the market is highly concentrated. The 300 largest publishing firms still hold almost 98 per cent of it. More »
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