Censorship of Literature in Post–War Poland – In Light of the Confidential Bulletins for Censors from 1945 to 1956

Anna Wi¿niewska-Grabarczyk is an assistant professor at the University of Lodz, Poland. Her research focuses on censorship in the times of the Polish People¿s Republic, however being a writer and literary critic, she has penned several dozen of books, articles (including non-academic ones), and opinion pieces.

She is a laureate of the Polityka award and the University of Lodz Foundation Award for the best master¿s thesis. She was also acknowledged by the committee of the W¿adys¿aw Pobóg-Malinowski Competition for the Best History Début of the Year for her book Czytelnik ocenzurowany. Literatura w kryptotekstach ¿ recenzjach cenzorskich okresu stalinizmu (na materiale GUKPPiW z 1950 roku) [Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative Censored. Literature in Cryptotexts ¿ Censor Reviews from the Stalinist Era (based on the Main Office for the Control of the Press, Publications, and Public Performances Materials from 1959)]. In 2022, she was nominated for the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Award for her achievements in the academic field.

She is the main researcher in several national and international grants and a recipient of a scholarship from the Maurycy Mochnacki Foundation. She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, the Genetic and Documentary Research in Literature, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and a former member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA).

For her novel Porzeczkowy Józef [ Currant Josef ] she was nominated for the Witold Gombrowicz Literary Prize. She is the author of the children's radio drama Spöywczy bigiel. Mrö¿ce sok w listkach przygody Szpinaka Alberta [The Food Melting Pot. Juice-Freezing Adventures of Albert the Spinach] and children's book about censorship, entitled Marcelina Kolano ratuje ksi¿¿ki, czyli o znikaj¿cych stronach i ksi¿¿kobójcach z ulicy Mysiej [ Marcelina Kolanko rescues books. On vanishing pages and book killers from Mysia Street ].