| Founder(s) | Polish government |
|---|---|
| Type | Cultural institution |
| Founded | March 1, 2000 |
| Location | Warsaw, ul. Mokotowska 25 |
| Key people | Paweł Potoroczyn (Director) |
| Area served | Worldwide (20 countries) |
| Website | www.iam.pl |
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Polish: Instytut Adama Mickiewicza) is a government-sponsored organization funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Its goal is to promote Polish language and Polish culture abroad. It is based in Warsaw.[1] The Institute operates a bilingual Polish-English portal called "culture.pl" created in 2001.
The long list of its contributors, with poets, essayist, professional artists, literary, music and film critics, curators, as well as translators, include: Director Paweł Potoroczyn, Editor-in-chief Elżbieta Sawicka, and the editorial staff: Joanna Bębenkowska (music), Anna Kowalska (literature), Paulina Kucharska (visual arts), Monika Rencławowicz (film, theatre), and Marek Dusza (photos and multimedia).
There are Polish Cultural Institutes sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [2] in over 22 major cities outside Poland including Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Kiev, Leipzig, London, Minsk, Moscow, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Sofia, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Vienna, and Vilnius. While the Adam Mickiewicz Institute frequently collaborates with the Polish Cultural Institutes, they are independent of each other and belong to separate ministries.[3]
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