Silesian National Publishing House ( szl, Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno) is the first-ever publishing house specializing in producing books in the
Silesian language and on all matters
(Upper) Silesian. It was founded in 2003 in
Zabrze
Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, where it is registered under the Polish name, Narodowa Oficyna Śląska. Its owner and founder,
Andrzej Roczniok was the initiator of to the codification of the Silesian language, and remains the main contributor to this process.
He also applied for an
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ...
code for Silesian, which was granted as szl in 2007. In the same year the Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno began publishing the first-ever periodical in Silesian and
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
, ''
Ślůnsko Nacyjo'' (Silesian Nation). The publishing house's bestseller has been
Dariusz Jerczyński’s extensive monograph, ''Historia Narodu Śląskiego'' (A History of the Silesian Nation, 2003), which actually commenced the publishing activities of the Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno.
References
External links
Ślōnsko Nacyjno Ôficyno – archiwum narodowaoficynaslaska.friko.pl
Publikacyje ôd Ślōnskij Nacyjnyj Ôficyny silesiana.sellingo.pl
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Book publishing companies of Poland
Mass media in Zabrze
Silesian language
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