Wiedza Powszechna
Wiedza Powszechna (literally "Common Knowledge") is a publishing house in Poland.[http://www.wiedza.pl/ Official website]
It originated in 1946 in Post World War II Poland as a subdivision of the Czytelnik publishing house, initiated by Stanisław Tazbir.
In 1952, with the major rearrangement of the state, which officially became the Polish People's Republic, the government created a separate State Publishing House known as the Wiedza Powszechna, whose full name was Państwowe Wydawnictwo: Wiedza Powszechna (English, "State Publishing House of Common Knowledge") or the Wiedza Powszechna: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Popularno-Naukowe (English, "State-Owned Popular Science Publishing House"). It became a major publisher specializing in dictionaries (vocabularies, encyclopedic dictionaries, etc., language textbooks, phrase books, etc., both for Polish and foreign languages, as well as popular science books in various areas.Adam Bromberg, Ruch wydawniczy w Polsce Ludowej w latach 1944-1964, Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1966, p. 54.
In 2007 it was privatized into a sp. z o.o. (Polish equivalent of limited liability company, which went bankrupt in 2011 [https://archive.today/20120716165609/http://syndycy.com.pl/pl/aktualne-upad-o-ci/wydawnictwo-wiedza-powszechna-sp.-z-o.o.-w-likwidacji-w-upad-o-ci-likwidacy-2.html "Wydawnictwo "Wiedza Powszechna" Sp. z o.o. w likwidacji w upadłości likwidacyjnej"]
In 2012 it was reestablished in Warsaw[https://www.publishersglobal.com/directory/supplier-profile/7616 Wiedza Powszechna], publishersglobal.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021. as Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna (Wiedza Powszechna Publishing House), specializing in foreign language dictionaries and textbooks.[http://www.wiedza.pl/pl/i/Informacyjna/6 O Wydawnictwie] (About Wiedza Powszechna publisher)[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82005919/ Państwowe Wydawnictwo Wiedza Powszechna], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
Book series
- Biblioteczka dla Kazdego (English, "Bookcase for Everyone")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Biblioteczka+dla+kaz%CC%87dego.%22 Biblioteczka dla kazdego], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Biblioteczka Towarzystwa Wiedzy Powszechne (English, "Library of the Universal Knowledge Society")
- Biblioteczka Wiedzy Historycznej (English, "Library of Historical Knowledge")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Biblioteczka+Wiedzy+Historycznej.%22 Biblioteczka Wiedzy Historycznej], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Biblioteka - Kraje, Ludzie, Obyczaje (English, "Library (of) Countries, People, Customs")
- Biblioteka Przygod i Podrozy (English, "Library of Adventures and Travel")
- De la Langue à la Civilisation Française (English, "From French Language to Civilization")
- Kieszonkowa Seria Historyczna (English, "Pocket Historical Series")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Kieszonkowa+Seria+Historyczna.%22 Kieszonkowa Seria Historyczna], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Klio w Niemczech (English, "Clio in Germany")[https://www.dhi.waw.pl/en/publications/publication-series-of-the-ghi/klio-w-niemczech.html Klio w Niemczech - Translations from German ], dhi.waw.pl. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Konfrontacje Historyczne (English, "Historical Confrontations")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Konfrontacje+historyczne.%22 Konfrontacje historyczne], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Ludy Swiata (English, "The Peoples of the World")
- Malarze Polscy (English,"Polish Painters")
- Mysli i Ludzie (English, "Thoughts and People")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Mys%CC%81li+i+ludzie.%22 Mysli i Ludzie], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Mysli Srebrne i Zlote (English, "Silver and Gold Thoughts")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22My%C5%9Bli+srebrne+i+z%C5%82ote%22 Mysli srebrne i zlote], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Omega: Biblioteka Wiedzy Wspolczesnej (English, "Omega: Library of Contemporary Knowledge"); also known as: Biblioteka Wiedzy Wspolczesnej (English, "Library of Contemporary Knowledge")[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/1273237 Biologiczna szkoła krakowska], nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Przyroda Polska (English, "Nature Poland")
- Profile (English, "Profile series")
- {{not a typo|Sygnaly}} (English, "Signals series")
- W Szeroki Swiat (English, "In the Wide World")
- Wydawnictwa Popularno-Encyklopedyczne (English, "Popular Encyclopedia Publications")
- Zlota Seria Literatury Popularnonaukowej (English, "Golden Series of Popular Science Literature")[https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=hotseries&q=se%3A%22Z%C5%82ota+Seria+-+Wiedza+Powszechna.%22 Złota Seria - Wiedza Powszechna], worldcat.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.