''Sztuka i Naród'' (; ''Art and Nation'') was a Polish monthly published covertly in Warsaw, occupied Poland during World War II. It was supported by the resistance group ''

Konfederacja Narodu Konfederacja Narodu (; ''Confederation of the Nation'') was one of the Polish resistance organizations in occupied Poland during World War II. KN was created in 1940 by the far-right National Radical Camp Falanga (ONR-Falanga) political party from ...

.''Sztuka i Naród
WIEM Encyklopedia It was published from April 1942 to Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. 16 issues were published. It was the only Polish underground publication, dedicated to cultural matters, that was regularly published for such a long period of time. Editors-in-chief: # Bronisław Onufry Kopczyński (ps. "Stefan Barwiński") – arrested in January 1943, died in April that year #

Wacław Bojarski Wacław Bojarski, pseudonym "Czarnota" (30 October 1921 – 5 June 1943) was a Polish poet belonging to the Generation of Columbuses and the Konfederacja Narodu Konfederacja Narodu (; ''Confederation of the Nation'') was one of the Polish res ...

(ps. "Jan Marzec", "Wojciech Wierzejewski", "Marek Zalewski") - wounded in May 1943, died in June that year #

Andrzej Trzebiński Andrzej Trzebiński (1922 – 1943) was a Polish poet, essayist, and playwright. During the German occupation of Poland, Trzebiński studied at the secret University of Warsaw. He was also editor of the right-wing cultural magazine ''Sztuka ...

(ps. "Stanisław Łomień", "Paweł Późny") - Arrested and executed in October 1943 #

Tadeusz Gajcy Tadeusz Stefan Gajcy (; 8 February 1922, Warsaw - 16 August 1944, Warsaw) pseudonym. ''Karol Topornicki”, „Roman Oścień”, „Topór”, „Orczyk“'' , was a Polish poet, playwright, editor-in-chief of the Sztuka i Naród (Art and Nati ...

(ps. "Karol Topornicki", "Roman Oścień") - till the last issue, died in the Warsaw Uprising Most of activists of SiN were related to the underground Warsaw University. Notable writers publishing in SiN included: Bernard Wojciech Mencl, Zdzisław Leon Stroiński, Stanisław Marczak-Oborski,

Jerzy Zagórski Jerzy Zagórski (3 December 1907 – 5 August 1984) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator. Member of literary group Żagary. Awarded the Righteous Among the Nations together with his wife Maria (Maryna) Zagórska, translator of belles-lettr ...

and Lesław Marian Bartelski. The magazine supported the radical and national philosophies, and was critical of some pre-war trends; in particular, it criticized the ''

Skamander Skamander was a Polish group of experimental poets founded in 1918 by Julian Tuwim, Antoni Słonimski, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Kazimierz Wierzyński and Jan Lechoń. Initially unnamed, in December 1919 it adopted the name ''Skamander'', after ...

'' group of Polish writers.

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