Odra is a well-established social-cultural Polish

Poland

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 monthly journal which has the reputation of an opinion-maker. It is now edited by Mieczysław Orski and has been published in Wrocław for 40 years in the unchanging form of a 140-page journal. The sections inside have not changed much over the years either. It publishes poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 and prose

Prose

Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...

, philosophical

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 discourses, historical articles (mostly concerning the Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia ; is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast.Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...

 and Wrocław), correspondence from abroad. It also reviews and discusses cultural events related to literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

, fine arts, music

Music

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 and theatre

Theatre

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. There is an extensive reviews section with descriptions of books, exhibitions, classical and popular records, concerts, etc. Also, there are regular columns which have included articles written by, for instance, Stanisław Lem and Wojciech Dzieduszycki. Once in a while, the journal is accompanied by a supplement presenting works of Silesia

Silesia

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n artists. Other poets and writers that also have been published on the Odra pages, among others, are Hanna Krall

Hanna Krall

Hanna Krall is a Polish writer.-Childhood:Krall is of Jewish origin. During World War II she lost some of her close relatives. She survived the war only because she was hidden from the Nazis.-Journalism:...

, Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert

Zbigniew Herbert was an influential Polish poet, essayist, drama writer, author of plays, and moralist. A member of the Polish resistance movement – Home Army during World War II, he is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers...

, Ryszard Kapuściński

Ryszard Kapuscinski

Ryszard Kapuściński was a Polish journalist and writer whose dispatches in book form brought him a global reputation. Also a photographer and poet, he was born in Pińsknow in Belarusin the Kresy Wschodnie or eastern borderlands of the second Polish Republic, into poverty: he would say later that...

, Tadeusz Różewicz

Tadeusz Rózewicz

Tadeusz Różewicz is a Polish poet and writer.Różewicz belongs to the first generation born and educated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. His youthful poems were published in 1938...

, Wisława Szymborska, Jan Miodek

Jan Miodek

Jan Miodek , Professor of Wroclaw University, is a Polish linguist in the normative tradition....

 and many poets of the younger generation such as Miłosz Biedrzycki, Jacek Dehnel

Jacek Dehnel

Jacek Dehnel in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish poet, writer, translator and painter. Dehnel studied at Warsaw University in the MISH College and graduated from the Polish Language and Literature department...

, Tadeusz Dąbrowski

Tadeusz Dąbrowski

Tadeusz Dąbrowski is a Polish, poet, essayist, and critic. He is also the editor of the literary bimonthly Topos.Dąbrowski has been published in many journals in Poland and abroad Tadeusz Dąbrowski (born 1979) is a Polish, poet, essayist, and critic. He is also the editor of the literary...

, Piotr Macierzyński, Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn

Jakobe Mansztajn is an award-winning young Polish poet and blogger. Deputy editor of the literary quarterly Korespondencja z ojcem...

, Przemysław Witkowski.

External links

• Website of the journal