Censoring of Russian subjects in Polish poetry of the 1980s Cover Image

Cenzurowanie wątków rosyjskich w polskiej poezji lat 80. XX wieku
Censoring of Russian subjects in Polish poetry of the 1980s

Author(s): Wiktor Gardocki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: censorship; poetry; Main Office of Control of Press; Publications and Shows; Poland

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses censoring Russian threads in polish literature of 80s in XX century. The author based on the archival materials, found in The Archive of Modern Acts in Warsaw. He shows some examples of control: how poems of Jerzy Ficowski, Jan Lechoń, Jan Bolesław Ożóg and Tadeusz Urgacz were censored because of Russian threads. The article also contains information on legal conditions regarding the censorship of literature in Poland in the 1980s.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 21-33
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish