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KAZIMIERZ SOWIŃSKI – PISARZ, INICJATOR PISMA ZWIĄZKU PISARZY POLSKICH NA OBCZYŹNIE

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Wasiak-Taylor R.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

2016

issue 4

183-194

Kazimierz Sowiński started working on the idea of the magazine „Pamiętnik Literacki” in London in 1974 as a „reference book” to document the cultural and literary life of the Polish diaspora. There was a desperate need to register and collect in one publication, facts, literary events, awards, institutions, as well as to print essays about poetry and prose. „Pamiętnik Literacki” was preceded by the correspondence of its editor with Polish writers from all over the world. Kazimierz Sowiński was the right person to ensure the success of „Pamiętnik Literacki” because he gathered vast experience and knowledge throughout his life. Before Second World War he published his first poetry and novels, collaborating with well-known magazines in Warsaw and Lodz, he worked in Polish Radio, and made many public appearances. He had a very good record as a patriot during the war, and between 1952–1973 he was employed by Radio Free Europe in Munich, and was later elected as Chairman of Związek Pisarzy Polskich na Obczyźnie (e Union of Polish Writers Abroad). He never completed the magazine „Pamiętnik Literacki”, because he had a stroke which let him paralysed. Its rst edition was printed in 1976 as an annual magazine and now the review comes out twice a year. Kazimierz Sowiński – poet, playwright, editor and journalist, died in Mabledon Hospital in 1982.

Czesław i Krystyna Bednarczykowie – wydawcy, drukarze, poeci

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Wasiak-Taylor R.

Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO

2013

issue 1

131-147

This essay is dedicated to an eminent Polish émigré couple in Great Britain, Krystyna Bednarczyk (1923–2011) and Czesław Bednarczyk (1912–1994) who organized one of the most influential cultural centres in London starting in 1950. They initiated their publishing venture by editing small poetry collections written by young Polish poets in exile, illustrated by talented artists. The company was registered by the U.K. authorities as the Poets’ and Painters’ Press. In 1954 they rented a unit under the Arches near Charing Cross and Waterloo and turned it into a successful printing house which eventually closed in 1992. Polish writers from all over the world became their clients, as well as a number of British and other authors and publishers. From 1966 until 1980 they also printed and edited a quarterly magazine of poetry, prose, translations, graphics and artworks. Its 57 issues had contributions from over 100 Polish writers, including at least 30 native Polish poets. The essay is mainly based on published memoirs by Czesław Bednarczyk and unpublished correspondence between the editorial couple and their writer-clients. The author cites positive and negative opinions of Krystyna and Czesław Bednarczyk’s works from various sources, including well known names such as Czesław Miłosz and Jerzy Giedroyć.

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KAZIMIERZ SOWIŃSKI – PISARZ, INICJATOR PISMA ZWIĄZKU PISARZY POLSKICH NA OBCZYŹNIE

Czesław i Krystyna Bednarczykowie – wydawcy, drukarze, poeci