%0 Journal Article
%T The Importance of the Treaty of Versailles for Polish Culture. Polish Literature After 1918
%A Sławomirski, Radosław
%J Slavonic Culture
%V 2020
%R 10.4467/25439561KSR.20.008.13297
%N Vol. XVI
%P 129-138
%K Poland, literature, culture, Skamander, Witkacy
%@ 2451-4985
%D 2020
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kultura-slowian/article/znaczenie-traktatu-wersalskiego-dla-kultury-polskiej-literatura-polska-po-1918-roku-wybrane-aspekty
%X As the result of the Treaty of Versailles, Poland regains independence and Poles from the three partitions become full citizens of the Polish state. Such strong political changes had a significant influence on the culture of the reborn state. Polish culture of the 1920’s is not unified and homegeneous, which was demonstrated by literature. Various concepts of artistic activity and literary disputes appeared on its outskirts. A famous Skamander group, Cracow avantgarde, and the catastrophic philosophy represented by Witkacy are all worth mentioning. However, the element that connects these artists is that they wrote in the new political situation. Independent Poland and the changing world in which culture gains the status of a popular one, pose new challenges for the creators of culture. Culture’s task is to unite Poles.