''Zwrot'' (meaning "The Term or The Phrase") is the main and largest Polish magazine in the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

, chief magazine of the Polish minority in

Zaolzie Trans-Olza ( pl, Zaolzie, ; cs, Záolží, ''Záolší''; german: Olsa-Gebiet; Cieszyn Silesian: ''Zaolzi''), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia ( Polish: ''Śląsk Zaolziański''), is a territory in the Czech Republic, which was disputed betwe ...

. It appears monthly, with a circulation of 1,600 (2019). Published by the

PZKO Polski Związek Kulturalno-Oświatowy (commonly known as PZKO) ( cs, Polský kulturně-osvětový svaz) (meaning "Polish Cultural and Educational Union") is a Polish organization in the Czech Republic. It represents the Polish minority in the C ...

(The Polish Cultural and Educational Union), it is financially supported by the

Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic The Ministry of Culture (Czech language: ''Ministerstvo kultury České republiky'') of the Czech Republic was established in 1969. See also *Ministry of Culture External links * Czech Republic Czech Republic Culture Ministry of Culture ...

. The editorial staff is housed in Czeski Cieszyn (Český Těšín). The current editor-in-chief is Halina Szczotka.

History

Since 2 March 1947 until 20 November 1949 '' Głos Ludu'' newspaper published monthly a literary section called ''Szyndzioły''. In December 1949 this section was transformed into ''Zwrot'' magazine. The first issue of ''Zwrot'' appeared on 24 December 1949. The first logo of the magazine was designed by artist Rudolf Żebrok. Together with Franciszek Świder they were the first illustrators of ''Zwrot''.Bałon 1999, 14. ''Zwrot'' had from the beginning a literary character. Content includes historical studies, essays, poetry, prose, art, educational and community issues, and factual reports. The circulation of Zwrot was in the past far higher, but it is historically declining along with the demographic drop in the Polish population. From 1949 to 1967 it appeared in A4 format, from 1967 to 2006 in A5 format, and from 2007 it appears in A4 full-colour format.

Circulation

Editors-in-chief

* Paweł Kubisz (1949–1958) * Tadeusz Siwek (1958–1964) * Jan Rusnok (1964–1969) * Tadeusz Chrząszcz (1970–1972) * Eugeniusz Suchanek (1972–1976) * Bronisław Bielan (1976–1979) * Kazimierz Kaszper (1979–1981) * Piotr Przeczek (1983–1990) * Jan Rusnok (1990–1992) *

Władysław Młynek Władysław Młynek (6 June 1930 in Gródek – 1 December 1997 in Nawsie) was a Polish teacher, writer and poet from Zaolzie region of Cieszyn Silesia. He was the son of Jan Młynek, a social activist. He attended Polish elementary school in ...

(1992–1993) * Dorota Havlík (1993–1995) * Elżbieta Stróżczyk (1995–2006) * Kazimierz Kaszper (2007-2012) * Halina Sikora-Szczotka (2012-2017) * Izabela Kraus-Żur (2018) * Halina Szczotka (2018-)

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External links

Official website
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