Znak (Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Znak)

One of Poland’s major publishing houses

In June 2021 Dominika Kozłowska became the President of the Znak Social Publishing Institute, taking over from Henryk Woźniakowski, who spent 30 years at the helm of the company. He followed Jerzy Turowicz as the President. During their time Znak was transformed from a modest-sized publishing house into one of the largest ones in Poland.

Znak’s committed team successfully launch literary careers and initiate public debate, while continuing to publish and promote bestselling books, such as fiction by Wiesław Myśliwski, Zadie Smith, Eduardo Mendoza and Marek Krajewski, and works of reportage by Wojciech Jagielski. Our authors also include Anna Ficner-Ogonowska, Emily Giffin, Richard Paul Evans, Sara Shepard and many others. In confidence we can add that we have also signed contracts with a future Pope and with another Nobel prize-winner. Miesięcznik Znak, the monthly periodical, keeps its finger on the pulse of contemporary culture, devoting special issues to themes of topical interest. Znak’s greatest assets are creativity, diversity and courage.

Thanks to these special qualities, Znak publishes a wide assortment of books, covering a variety of genres aimed at every kind of reader. To broaden its range, Znak has founded an imprint called Wydawnictwo Otwarte (“Open Publishing”), which issues popular literature, and the Woblink platform providing e-books. Its community service, lubimyczytac.pl, offers recommendations tailored to the individual reader’s taste, allows him or her to find people with similar literary preferences, to read and write reviews, evaluate books and find information about the authors.