| 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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WAT AleksanderWAT, Aleksander, (real name A.Chwat), 1900-67, brother of A. Broniszowna, poet, prose writer; co-founder of Polish Futurism; sympathized with communism from late 1920s; arrested in Lwow by KGB, 1940; deported; returned to Poland 1946; in West from 1959 (in France from 1961); grotesque stoories and personal. Philodsophical poems: Ciemne swiecidlo (The Darkened Lamp, 1968); "oral memoir" Moj wiek (My Century, 1977) inspired by Milosz; wife Paulina (Ola) Watowa (1904-91) wrote memoirs Wszystko co najwazniejsze (Everything That is Most Important, 1984).
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There are more than 28,000 publishers registered in Poland. However, the market is highly concentrated. The 200 largest publishing firms still hold almost 98 per cent of it. More »
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