Kwartalnik Artystyczny

Kwartalnik Artystyczny (The Artistic Quarterly) is a Polish literary journal founded in 1993 on the initiative of Elżbieta Czerska, then director of the Department of Culture and Sport of the Voivodeship Office in Bydgoszcz. It is a quarterly publication devoted to literature and culture, addressed to lovers of literature, and it presents works by the most eminent Polish writers alongside younger generations and debutants. Its pages carry poems, prose, essays, sketches, reviews, notes, conversations, surveys, voices and glosses. The journal has been published by a succession of institutions. Until the end of 1994 it was issued by the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz, edited by Krystyna Starczak-Kozłowska. From 1995 to 2009 the publisher was the Voivodeship Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz, together with the Municipal Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz (1996–1999), the Workers' Association of Cultural Creators in Bydgoszcz (2002), and the Pomeranian Artistic Foundation ART (2003–2007). From 2009 the journal was published by the Voivodeship Centre of Culture and Art with the National Centre for Culture (2010), and from 2014 to 2021 by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz. Since 2022 the publisher has been the Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna – Książnica Kopernikańska in Toruń, with financial support from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Marshal's Office of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, the Bydgoszcz City Office and the Toruń City Office. Since 1995 the editor-in-chief has been Krzysztof Myszkowski. The editorial team includes Adam Bednarek, Stefan Chwin, Aleksander Fiut, Michał Głowiński, Marek Kędzierski, Julian Kornhauser and Leszek Szaruga; the cover artist since 1998 has been Ewa Bathelier. The journal has published works by many leading Polish writers, including Czesław Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska, Julia Hartwig, Zbigniew Herbert, Tadeusz Różewicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Jan Błoński, Ryszard Kapuściński, Stanisław Lem, Artur Międzyrzecki, Joanna Pollakówna, Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Jan Józef Szczepański, Jan Twardowski and Adam Zagajewski, among many others. A distinctive feature of Kwartalnik Artystyczny is its monographic and thematic issues. Monographic numbers have been devoted to poets, writers, painters and sculptors such as Jerzy Andrzejewski, Francis Bacon, Samuel Beckett, Jan Błoński, Louis Bourgeois, Michelangelo, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Stefan Chwin, Alberto Giacometti, Allen Ginsberg, Michał Głowiński, Julia Hartwig, Zbigniew Herbert, Kazimierz Hoffman, Ryszard Kapuściński, Konstantinos Kavafis, Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Antoni Libera, Artur Międzyrzecki, Czesław Miłosz, Robert Pinget, Harold Pinter, Ezra Pound, Tadeusz Różewicz, Leszek Szaruga, Wisława Szymborska and Jan Twardowski. Thematic issues have covered Czech, Israeli and Russian literature, and American, Croatian, Macedonian and Slovenian poetry, as well as publishers such as Suhrkamp Verlag and Editions de Minuit. The journal also runs surveys in which poets, writers and critics comment on Polish literature of recent decades, and its 'Głosy i glosy' section features discussions of recent books and anniversary reminiscences concerning its authors. The journal remains active, published in Toruń and distributed in Poland.

Kwartalnik Artystyczny was founded in 1993 through the efforts of Elżbieta Czerska, then director of the Department of Culture and Sport of the Voivodeship Office in Bydgoszcz. Until the end of 1994 it was published by the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz, with Krystyna Starczak-Kozłowska as editor. From 1995 to 2009 the publisher was the Voivodeship Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz, working together with the Municipal Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz (1996–1999), the Workers' Association of Cultural Creators in Bydgoszcz (2002), and the Pomeranian Artistic Foundation ART (2003–2007). From 2009 the journal was published by the Voivodeship Centre of Culture and Art together with the National Centre for Culture (2010), and from 2014 to 2021 by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz. Since 2022 the publisher has been the Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna – Książnica Kopernikańska in Toruń, with financial support from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Marshal's Office of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, the Bydgoszcz City Office and the Toruń City Office. Since 1995 the editor-in-chief has been Krzysztof Myszkowski. The editorial team includes Adam Bednarek, Stefan Chwin, Aleksander Fiut, Michał Głowiński, Marek Kędzierski, Julian Kornhauser and Leszek Szaruga. Since 1998 the cover artist has been Ewa Bathelier. The journal is addressed to lovers of literature and presents works by the most eminent writers as well as younger generations and debutants. It publishes poems, prose, essays, sketches, reviews, notes, conversations, surveys, voices and glosses by authors including Czesław Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska, Julia Hartwig, Zbigniew Herbert, Tadeusz Różewicz, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Jan Błoński, Tomasz Burek, Kazimierz Hoffman, Ryszard Kapuściński, Stanisław Lem, Artur Międzyrzecki, Joanna Pollakówna, Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Jan Józef Szczepański, Jan Twardowski, Zbigniew Żakiewicz, Kazimierz Brakoniecki, Stefan Chwin, Tadeusz Dąbrowski, Mirosław Dzień, Aleksander Fiut, Michał Głowiński, Renata Gorczyńska, Jacek Gutorow, Ireneusz Kania, Marek Kędzierski, Bogusław Kierc, Jakub Kornhauser, Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Antoni Libera, Krzysztof Lisowski, Jacek Łukasiewicz, Jerzy Madejski, Piotr Matywiecki, Krzysztof Myszkowski, Anna Nasiłowska, Kazimierz Nowosielski, Krystyna Rodowska, Tomasz Różycki, Krzysztof Siwczyk, Piotr Sobolczyk, Piotr Sommer, Leszek Szaruga, Piotr Szewc, Artur Szlosarek, Janusz Szuber, Andrzej Szuba, Paweł Tański, Maciej Wróblewski, Adam Zagajewski and Andrzej Zawada. A distinctive feature of the journal is its monographic and thematic issues. Monographic numbers have been devoted to poets, writers, painters and sculptors including Jerzy Andrzejewski (two issues), Francis Bacon, Samuel Beckett (eight issues), Jan Błoński (two issues), Louis Bourgeois, Michelangelo, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Stefan Chwin (two issues), Alberto Giacometti (three issues), Allen Ginsberg, Michał Głowiński, Julia Hartwig (two issues), Zbigniew Herbert (two issues), Kazimierz Hoffman (two issues), Ryszard Kapuściński, Konstantinos Kavafis, Julian Kornhauser, Ryszard Krynicki, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Antoni Libera, Artur Międzyrzecki, Czesław Miłosz (nine issues), Robert Pinget, Harold Pinter, Ezra Pound, Tadeusz Różewicz (six issues), Leszek Szaruga, Wisława Szymborska (five issues) and Jan Twardowski. Thematic issues have covered Czech, Israeli (two issues) and Russian literature; American, Croatian, Macedonian and Slovenian poetry; and publishers such as Suhrkamp Verlag and Editions de Minuit (two issues). The journal also runs surveys in which poets, writers and critics comment on the work and turning points of Polish literature of recent decades, with titles such as 'Po co piszę?', 'Trzy wiersze', 'Jaki jest teraźniejszy stan literatury polskiej?', 'Po przełomie – najważniejsze książki dwudziestolecia 1989–2009', 'Po co literatura?', 'Moi mistrzowie', 'Najważniejsze książki 1918–2018' and 'Jak oceniam literaturę polską trzydziestolecia 1989–2019'. Its 'Głosy i glosy' section features discussions of recent books and anniversary reminiscences concerning the journal's authors, including pieces on Samuel Beckett, Jerzy Andrzejewski, the fifth, tenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth and thirtieth anniversaries of Kwartalnik Artystyczny, Zbigniew Herbert in memoriam, Czesław Miłosz on his 90th birthday and in memoriam, Alberto Giacometti, Tadeusz Różewicz on his 85th birthday and in memoriam, Artur Międzyrzecki, Wisława Szymborska in memoriam and on her works, Julia Hartwig on her 90th birthday and in memoriam, Jan Błoński on his 85th birthday and in memoriam, Ryszard Krynicki on his 70th birthday, Leszek Szaruga on his 70th birthday, Julian Kornhauser on his 70th birthday, Stanisław Jerzy Lec on the 50th anniversary of his death, Janusz Szuber in memoriam, Adam Zagajewski in memoriam, and Miron Białoszewski on the centenary of his birth, among many others.

• 2022

  Publisher becomes the Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna – Książnica Kopernikańska in Toruń.

• 2014

  Publisher becomes the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz (until 2021).

• 2010

  Cooperation with the National Centre for Culture.

• 2009

  Publisher becomes the Voivodeship Centre of Culture and Art.

• 2003

  Cooperation with the Pomeranian Artistic Foundation ART begins (until 2007).

• 2002

  Cooperation with the Workers' Association of Cultural Creators in Bydgoszcz.

• 1998

  Ewa Bathelier becomes the journal's cover artist.

• 1996

  Cooperation with the Municipal Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz begins (until 1999).

• 1995

  Publisher becomes the Voivodeship Cultural Centre in Bydgoszcz; Krzysztof Myszkowski becomes editor-in-chief.

• 1994

  Published by the Polish Theatre in Bydgoszcz, edited by Krystyna Starczak-Kozłowska, until the end of the year.

• 1993

  Kwartalnik Artystyczny founded on the initiative of Elżbieta Czerska.

A literary quarterly addressed to lovers of literature, presenting works by the most eminent writers as well as younger generations and debutants.

• Kwartalnik Artystyczny quarterly issues

• Monographic issues (e.g. Czesław Miłosz, Tadeusz Różewicz, Wisława Szymborska, Samuel Beckett)

• Thematic issues (Czech, Israeli, Russian literature; American, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian poetry)

• Surveys on Polish literature

• Głosy i glosy section

1. 1Kwartalnik Artystyczny – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Kwartalnik Artystyczny – Wikipedia (Polish)pl.wikipedia.org
3. 3Kwartalnik Artystyczny – official websitekwartalnik.art.pl