Nowy Świat Publishing House

Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat (NŚ) is a Polish book publishing house based in Warsaw, founded in 2000 on the initiative of journalist Kamil Witkowski. It specialises in literary fiction, both Polish and foreign, and its catalogue also includes biographies, collections of essays and literary sketches, reportage, cookbooks, popular-science literature and children's books. The house issues several dozen titles a year, mainly by contemporary Polish authors. Among the authors associated with the publishing house are Daniel Passent, Tomasz Łubieński, Agnieszka Perepeczko, Omar Sangare, Andrzej Kamiński, Szymon Kobyliński, Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm and Małgorzata Karolina Piekarska. In its early years one of NŚ's broadest publishing series was poetry from the Nowa Fala (New Wave) milieu, largely existential in theme, including works by Krzysztof Karasek, Józef Baran, Julian Kornhauser, Adam Szypra and Marek Skwarnicki, as well as lesser-known poets. NŚ is one of the firms continuing the tradition of publishing political satire. For example, its compilation of wartime humour together with post-war poems and songs, "Humor w czasie okupacji 1939–1945", allows analysis of the evolution of joke-making thought; it also introduced a system of footnotes explaining historical context with allusions to contemporary reality. Kamil Witkowski served as editor-in-chief from 2000 to 2010.

Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat was founded in 2000 in Warsaw on the initiative of journalist Kamil Witkowski, who served as its editor-in-chief from 2000 to 2010. From the outset the publishing house concentrated on literary fiction, both Polish and foreign, and built a catalogue that also embraced biographies, essay and literary sketch collections, reportage, cookbooks, popular-science literature and children's books. It typically issues several dozen titles a year, with a strong emphasis on contemporary Polish authors. In its first years, one of the broadest series published by NŚ was poetry from the Nowa Fala (New Wave) milieu, largely existential in character. Poets associated with this series included Krzysztof Karasek, Józef Baran, Julian Kornhauser, Adam Szypra and Marek Skwarnicki, alongside lesser-known voices. The house also became known as one of the firms continuing the tradition of political satire publishing. A notable example is its compilation of wartime humour together with post-war poems and songs, "Humor w czasie okupacji 1939–1945", which allows readers to trace the evolution of joke-making thought; the volume included a system of footnotes explaining historical context with allusions to contemporary reality. Over the years NŚ has worked with a range of Polish authors, including Daniel Passent, Tomasz Łubieński, Agnieszka Perepeczko, Omar Sangare, Andrzej Kamiński, Szymon Kobyliński, Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm and Małgorzata Karolina Piekarska. The publishing house remains based in Warsaw and continues to operate as an independent literary imprint.

• 2010

  Kamil Witkowski's tenure as editor-in-chief ends.

• 2000

  Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat founded in Warsaw on the initiative of journalist Kamil Witkowski.

• 2000

  Kamil Witkowski begins serving as editor-in-chief.

Independent literary publisher focused on contemporary Polish literature, poetry and political satire.

• Nowa Fala poetry series

  One of the broadest series in the publisher's early years, featuring poetry from the Nowa Fala milieu, largely existential in theme.

• "Humor w czasie okupacji 1939–1945"

  A compilation of wartime humour together with post-war poems and songs, with footnotes explaining historical context and allusions to contemporary reality.

1. 1Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Nowy Świat (wydawnictwo) – Wikipedia (Polish)pl.wikipedia.org