The Czytelnik Publishing House (
Polish: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza „Czytelnik”) is a publishing company in
Poland.[1] It was established in 1944 behind the Soviet front line as the Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" ("Czytelnik" Publishing Cooperative). As of now, it is the oldest post–World War II publisher in Poland.[2] The word czytelnik means "reader" in
Polish.
Intended to be located in
Warsaw after the
Nazi German withdrawal, it was temporarily headquartered in
Lublin and
Łódź. In July 1945 the headquarters were moved to Warsaw.[2] Initially, the Czytelnik published newspapers, periodicals, as well as books. Since 1951 publishing of newspapers and periodicals was transferred to the Workers' Publishing Cooperative "Prasa" ("Press"), which was reorganized and greatly expanded in 1973 as the
Prasa-Książka-Ruch ("Press-Book-Movement") monopoly financing the
PZPR until the end of Soviet domination.[3]
In 1945–48 the publishing house was under heavy influence of a committed
StalinistJerzy Borejsza. It was a publishing monopoly in
Communist Poland, described by
Czesław Miłosz as Borejsza's "personal state-within-a-state for books and press".[4] Borejsza was removed from his role during the ousting of
Władysław Gomułka in 1948, part of the Soviet-led campaign against the so-called "right-wing and nationalist deviation" in
Polish Workers' Party.[5]
Oni Zmienili Swiat (English, "They Changed the World")
Pamietniki kobiet (English, "Women's Diaries")[17]
Panorama (English, "Panorama")
Pejzaże Kultury (English, "Cultural Landscapes")
Piosenki Czytelnika (English, "Reader Songs")
Poeci Polscy (English, "Polish Poets")
Polska Krytyka Literacka (English, "Polish Literary Criticism")
Prace Polskiego Instytutu Socjologicznego Studium Problemow Chlopskich i Robotniczych (English, "Works of the Polish Sociological Institute of the Study of Peasants' and Workers' Problems")[18]
Prace Slasko-Dabrowskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciol Nauk (English, "Works of the Silesian-Dabrowski Society of Friends of Sciences")
Seria z Faunem (English, "Series with Faun")
Seria z Jamnikiem (English, "Series with a Dachshund")
Studia z Dziejow Mysli i Ruchu Demokratycznego (English, "Studies from the History of Thought and the Democratic Movement")
Symposion
U Podstaw Wiedzy (English, "Basic Knowledge")
Wiedza Powszechna (English, "Common Knowledge")
Wielka wojna bialych ludzi (English, "Great War of the White People") – Polish translations of
World War I novels by
Arnold Zweig
Wielkie Problemy Dziejow Czlowieka (English, "Great Problems of Human History")
Z Prac Instytutu Badan Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk (English, "From the works of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences")
Z Prac Instytutu Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk (English, "From the works of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences")
The Czytelnik Publishing House (
Polish: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza „Czytelnik”) is a publishing company in
Poland.[1] It was established in 1944 behind the Soviet front line as the Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" ("Czytelnik" Publishing Cooperative). As of now, it is the oldest post–World War II publisher in Poland.[2] The word czytelnik means "reader" in
Polish.
Intended to be located in
Warsaw after the
Nazi German withdrawal, it was temporarily headquartered in
Lublin and
Łódź. In July 1945 the headquarters were moved to Warsaw.[2] Initially, the Czytelnik published newspapers, periodicals, as well as books. Since 1951 publishing of newspapers and periodicals was transferred to the Workers' Publishing Cooperative "Prasa" ("Press"), which was reorganized and greatly expanded in 1973 as the
Prasa-Książka-Ruch ("Press-Book-Movement") monopoly financing the
PZPR until the end of Soviet domination.[3]
In 1945–48 the publishing house was under heavy influence of a committed
StalinistJerzy Borejsza. It was a publishing monopoly in
Communist Poland, described by
Czesław Miłosz as Borejsza's "personal state-within-a-state for books and press".[4] Borejsza was removed from his role during the ousting of
Władysław Gomułka in 1948, part of the Soviet-led campaign against the so-called "right-wing and nationalist deviation" in
Polish Workers' Party.[5]
Oni Zmienili Swiat (English, "They Changed the World")
Pamietniki kobiet (English, "Women's Diaries")[17]
Panorama (English, "Panorama")
Pejzaże Kultury (English, "Cultural Landscapes")
Piosenki Czytelnika (English, "Reader Songs")
Poeci Polscy (English, "Polish Poets")
Polska Krytyka Literacka (English, "Polish Literary Criticism")
Prace Polskiego Instytutu Socjologicznego Studium Problemow Chlopskich i Robotniczych (English, "Works of the Polish Sociological Institute of the Study of Peasants' and Workers' Problems")[18]
Prace Slasko-Dabrowskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciol Nauk (English, "Works of the Silesian-Dabrowski Society of Friends of Sciences")
Seria z Faunem (English, "Series with Faun")
Seria z Jamnikiem (English, "Series with a Dachshund")
Studia z Dziejow Mysli i Ruchu Demokratycznego (English, "Studies from the History of Thought and the Democratic Movement")
Symposion
U Podstaw Wiedzy (English, "Basic Knowledge")
Wiedza Powszechna (English, "Common Knowledge")
Wielka wojna bialych ludzi (English, "Great War of the White People") – Polish translations of
World War I novels by
Arnold Zweig
Wielkie Problemy Dziejow Czlowieka (English, "Great Problems of Human History")
Z Prac Instytutu Badan Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk (English, "From the works of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences")
Z Prac Instytutu Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk (English, "From the works of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences")