Szpilki

Szpilki

Cover of Szpilki from the 1980s, illustrated by cartoonist Szczepan Sadurski.[1]
Former editors	Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Leon Pasternak, Jerzy Zaruba
Categories	Satire
Format	Magazine
Founder	Eryk Lipiński
Founded	1936
Final issue	1994
Country	Poland
Based in	Three Crosses Square, Warsaw

Szpilki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂpil.ki] ^ⓘ) was a Polish satirical magazine. It was established in 1936 by a group of leftist literary people, including Eryk Lipiński, Zenon Wasilewski [pl], and Zbigniew Mitzner [pl] (chief editor).^[2][3] The title literally means "Pins".

Motto: Prawdziwa cnota krytyk się nie boi, ("The true virtue is not afraid of criticisms") ^[3] a quote from Ignacy Krasicki's mock-heroic poem Monachomachia, or War of Monks [pl].

Suspended during World War II, it was resumed in 1945. In 1953 Szpilki was merged with another satirical magazine, Mucha.^[3]

Together with many other printed media, it was suspended during the martial law in Poland. Since 1990 the magazine met with troubles, and after several attempts of reanimation it was closed in 1994.

References

1. Sadurski, Szczepan. "Szpilki". Sadurski.com (in Polish). Retrieved 3 April 2024.
2. J. Łojek, J. Myśliński, W. Władyka, Dzieje prasy polskiej, Warszawa 1988, p. 103, p. 119.
3. "Prasa satyryczna i humorystyczna w XIX i XX wieku"

Further reading

• Olaf Bergmann, "Prawdziwa cnota krytyk się nie boi..." Karykatura w czasopismach satyrycznych Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej, 2012, ISBN 978-83-7181-733-5