Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe'' - ''National Scientific Publishers PWN'', PWN) is a Polish
book publisher
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, founded in 1951, when it split from the
Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne.
, who was the enterprise's director between 1953 and 1965, made it into communist Poland's largest publishing house.
The printing house is best known as a publisher of
encyclopedia
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s, dictionaries and university handbooks. It is the leading Polish provider of scientific, educational and professional literature as well as works of reference. It authored the
Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN, by then the largest Polish encyclopedia, as well as its successor, the
Wielka Encyklopedia PWN, which was published between 2001 and 2005. There is also an online PWN encyclopedia –
Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
''Internetowa encyklopedia PWN'' (Polish for ''Internet PWN Encyclopedia'') is a free online Polish-language encyclopedia
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.
Initially state-owned, since 1991 it has been a private company. The company is a member of
.
References
Book publishing companies of Poland
Educational book publishing companies
1951 establishments in Poland
Publishing companies established in 1951
Companies based in Warsaw
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