Książka i Wiedza

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Książka i Wiedza ("Book and Knowledge") is a Polish publishing house founded in 1948, soon after World War II.[1] As of the mid-2010s it has published over 13,000 titles.

In communist Poland it was the leading state publisher of books about politics and history. Książka i Wiedza now publishes non-fiction popular science books for the general reader, encyclopedias, dictionaries, history, philosophy, economy and self-help books on physical and psychological wellness. Its popular authors include Max Weber, Karl Raimund Popper, Bertrand Russell, Ludwik Bazylow [pl], Andrzej Zahorski, Henryk Samsonowicz, Nina Andrycz, and Jacek Pałkiewicz.[2]

Its current editor-in-chief and president is Włodzimierz Gałąska.[2]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Książka i Wiedza (section: Poland)". TheFreeDictionary by Farlex. 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Spółdzielnia Wydawniczo-Handlowa "Książka i Wiedza"" (in Polish). Książka i Wiedza. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.