''Tygodnik Illustrowany'' (, ''The Illustrated Weekly'') was a Polish language weekly magazine published in Warsaw from 1859 to 1939. The magazine focus was on literary, artistic and social issues.
History
It is said to have been one of the most important and popular Polish magazines of the period, profitable and widely respected. It was particularly popular among the
inteligencja
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social group. It was the oldest cultural periodical published in Warsaw.
The magazine was first published by
Józef Unger
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; later it was taken over by the company Gebether i Wolff. Editors included: Ludwik Jenike, Józef Wolff,
Artur Oppman
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Oppman was born August 14, 1867, in Warsaw to a burgher family with German roots, which h ...
Piotr Choynowski
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, W. Gebethner, Jan Robert Gebethner, W. Czarski and C. Staszewicz. In 1909 its circulation was reported to be about 20,000.
The magazine commonly published articles on history of Poland and
Polish society
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, including archeological, ethnographic and similar essays. It also published texts on the progress of technology and on voyages and explorations. It serialized some novels, including Eliza Orzeszkowa's ''
Nad Niemnem
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Chłopi
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'' Stefan Żeromski's '' Popioły''. Texts published in it are still seen as high quality.
The magazine history ends with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939; the last issue was published on 3 September that year.
Among its contributors most prominent were Polish literary figures such as Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus and Nobel Prize winner
Henryk Sienkiewicz
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Jan Zachariasiewicz
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Zachariasiewicz was born on 11 September 1823 in Radymno. During 1842–44 he was a prisoner of Špilberk Cas ...
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Zygmunt Miłkowski
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Franciszek Kostrzewski
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