Tygodnik Powszechny (1945–1953) and criticism of fiction

Abstract

This article examines the approaches to fi ction in the pages of the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny between 1945 and 1953. Aimed at the Polish intelligentsia, it was concerned with broad social and cultural issues. Founded in Cracow in the last days of World War II, it became one of the most important centres of Catholic life in Poland ruled by the communists. Apart from reviewing the Polish and foreign fi ction, the writers of Tygodnik Powszechny debated at length the character of post-war literature and the problem of the Catholic novel.