%0 Journal Article %T Prize? Cultural and Managerial Dilemmas in the Polish the 20th Century Literature of Personal Document %A Sieroń, Dorota %J Culture Management %V 2024 %R 10.4467/20843976ZK.24.026.20144 %N Volume 25, Issue 1–2 %P 311-321 %K prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Czesław Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska, Olga Tokarczuk, responsive and attentive leadership, motivation, responsive and mindfulness leadership %@ 1896-8201 %D 2024 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zarzadzanie-w-kulturze/article/nagroda-kulturowo-zarzadcze-dylematy-zapisane-w-polskiej-literaturze-dokumentu-osobistego-xx-wieku %X This article analyses the socio-emotional context of the award as a tool for motivating the individual, which at the same time influences the environmental relations. The author made a historical reconstruction based on an analysis of personal documentary literature by referring to Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s jubilee award, and the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to three Polish writers: two women – Wisława Szymborska and Olga Tokarczuk – and one man: Czesław Miłosz. The author’s findings and conclusions are related to the research hypotheses of Daniel H. Pinek.