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 ⓘ