Kazimierz Koźniewski on the trail of "Zapis" Cover Image

Gra w salonowca. Kazimierz Koźniewski na tropie „Zapisu”
Kazimierz Koźniewski on the trail of "Zapis"

Author(s): Andrzej Kaczyński
Subject(s): Cultural history, Sociology, Social history
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: denunciation; censorship; surveillance; propaganda; independent literature; the second circuit publishing

Summary/Abstract: The communist authorities tried to destroy "Zapis", independent literary magazine issued without censorship in "samidat" since January 1977, in various ways. Police methods: surveillance, revisions, seizures. Administrative harassment: publication ban, deprivation of work or a passport for editorial team. And propaganda action: mock- ery and defamation. Kazimierz Koźniewski, writer, communist activist and agent of the Ministry of Interior (consultant "33"), in action against "Zapis" was active in all three fields. His denunciations published here show the variety of services provided by him to secret police (SB). He wrote reviews, in which he gave to the ideas of pro- paganda against "Zapis". He gave tactical advice. He recounted the author's meeting. Reported on conversations with "Zapis". It was not effective; to December 1981 21 issues of independent literary magazines were published in the underground.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 29-49
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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