„Biblioteka Toposu” – zjawisko kulturowe i literackie

Abstract

In his article, titled The ‘Topos Library’ – A Cultural and Literary Phenomenon, Michał Siedlecki interprets the following books of poetry published by the bimonthly from Sopot: Czas stukających kołatek (2004) and Rozkład jazdy (2011) by Szymon Babuchowski; Wybór wierszy (2000) by Marek Krystian Emanuel Baczewski; Kołatanie (2018) by Maciej Bieszczad; Forever (2010) by Marek Czuku; Albo-Albo (2006) by Przemysław Dakowicz; E-mail by Tadeusz Dąbrowski (2000); Re (2014) by Adrian Gleń; Jaśnienie (2011) by Artur Grabowski; Wiry i sny (2008) by Wojciech Kass; Ruchome święta (2017) by Krzysztof Kuczkowski; Wiersze i między wierszami (2009) by Krzysztof Lisowski; Nadchodzi burza (2016) by Maciej Mazurek; Commodore 64 (2005) by Artur Nowaczewski; Bagaż podręczny. Wiersze amerykańskie (2005) and Sandały i pierścień (2015) by Jan Sochoń; Equilibrium (2009) by Mariusz Więcek, also Taki lajf. Tejk 7.0 (2016) by Waldemar Żyszkiewicz. The ‘Topos Library’ is undoubtedly a significant cultural and literary phenomenon, far beyond all indigenous particularisms. It still remains testimony not only to national reforms, but also those which happened in Central Europe as a whole in modern writing, taking place from times of constitutional reform in Poland and its neighbours. At the same time it precisely documents the most important artistic and writing processes in Polish poetry of the turn of the 21st century. Therefore its achievements in today’s culture are unprecedented.