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The paper is of informative nature. Its aim is to draw attention to Seweryn Pienieżny, who was an important figure for the history of the East Prussia and foremost for the writing, before 1939. It describes his life path, involvement as the editor-in-chief in the activity of ”Gazeta Olsztyńska” [Olsztyn News] and activities supporting different Polish departments at this territory. The author of the paper joins the history of the Pieniężni family with knowledge about press revealing culturally-active role of the local press and publishing houses.