Janusz Bogucki

Janusz Bogucki

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Janusz Bogucki was an art critic and a key figure in the literary resistance during Poland's communist era. He is best known for smuggling a Polish edition of George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' into Poland in 1957, which profoundly influenced his daughter, Teresa Bogucka, and contributed to the underground movement that sought to disseminate uncensored literature in the face of oppressive censorship.

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Janusz Bogucki, Teresa's father, was an art critic who smuggled a Polish edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four into Poland.

‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism | Books
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-02-22
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