Nowa Fala

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Nowa Fala (the Polish New Wave) was a 1960s–70s literary movement in Poland known for its politically engaged, formally innovative poetry that challenged communist censorship and official language.

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instanceOf Polish literary movement
literary movement
poetry movement
alternativeName Polish New Wave
associatedWith Gliwice literary milieu
linked to: Silesian literature

Kraków literary milieu
Poznań literary milieu
samizdat in Poland
student literary circles
underground publishing
country Poland
field literature
poetry
hasCharacteristic anti-propaganda
critical of communist regime
demystification of official language
documentary poetics
focus on everyday reality
formally innovative
ironic tone
oppositional to official discourse
politically engaged
socially critical
use of colloquial speech
hasNotableAuthor Adam Zagajewski
Bronisław Maj
Ewa Lipska
Jerzy Kronhold
Julian Kornhauser
Kornel Filipowicz
Krzysztof Karasek
Ryszard Krynicki
Stanisław Barańczak
historicalContext People’s Republic of Poland
influencedBy 1968 political crisis in Poland
censorship in socialist Poland
political situation in People’s Republic of Poland
student protests of 1968 in Poland
language Polish
literaryForm free verse
lyric poetry
movementPeriod 1960s
1970s
opposes communist censorship
official language of propaganda
region Central Europe
theme everyday life under socialism
individual versus state
language and power
moral responsibility of the writer
truth versus propaganda

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Adam Zagajewski movement Nowa Fala