Czytelnik

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Czytelnik Publishing House (Polish: Wydawnictwo "Czytelnik") is a publishing company in Poland.[1] It was established in 1944 as "Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza 'Czytelnik'" ("Czytelnik" Publishing Cooperative), being the oldest post-World-War II publisher in Poland.[2] The word czytelnik means "reader" in Polish.

Planned to be located in Warsaw, it was temporarily headquartered in Lublin and Lodz. In July 1945 the headquarters were moved to Warsaw.[2]

Initially it published newspapers, periodicals, and books. Since 1951 publishing of newspapers and periodicals was transferred to Workers' Publishing Cooperative "Prasa" ("Press", since 1973: Prasa-Książka-Ruch).

During 1994-1948 the publishing house was under heavy influence of Borejsza and was the publishing monopoly in Communist Poland, described as Borejsza's "personal state-in-state of book and press" by Czesław Miłosz.[3] He was removed from his role together with the removal of Wladyslaw Gomulka, as part of the campaign against "right-wing and nationalist deviation" in Polish Workers' Party. [4]

Presidents

[2]

  • 1944: Jerzy Borejsza
  • 1948: Jerzy Pański
  • 1952:Jan Stefczyk
  • 1955:Ludwik Kasiński
  • 1975:Stanisław Bębenek
  • 1989:Wacław Sadkowski
  • 1990:Jerzy S. Sito
  • 1991:Stefan Bratkowski
  • 1992:Marek Bogucki
  • 1994:Włodzimierz Michalak
  • 1995: Marek Żakowski

References

  1. ↑ "Czytelnik" website
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 History of Czytelnik
  3. ↑ "Najważniejsza Borejsza", Gazeta Wyborcza, October 30, 2010 (retrieved June 3, 2013)
  4. ↑ p. 298


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