10 Questions for Culture.pl
At Culture.pl, we regularly interview Polish artists and cultural figures for our ’10 Questions’ series. This time, we’ve decided to pose our questions not to a person, but to our portal itself! Editor-in-Chief Marcin Pieszczyk speaks for all of Culture – in celebration of our 20th anniversary.
Odpowiedź
Countless designers, writers, editors and translators… but also administrators, without whom I wouldn’t exist – each of whom is an artist in themselves. It would take too long to name everyone. Thank you all so much!
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As the Polish pianist and statesman Ignacy Paderewski said, success is 5 percent talent, 5 percent luck… and 90 percent work. Let’s stick with that.
Override question
What do you envy about other portals?
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I’m not the jealous type – but I do like to check out what the other portals are up to, including those outside of Poland. Because what could be more fun than competing with the best?
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Sometimes, it takes me a while to load. Thankfully, it only happens from time to time!
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Adam Mickiewicz, of course – after all, I’m a program of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute!
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Pierogi, of course – because of my book, Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi.
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I love when readers email to thank me for my articles. They usually come in as responses to my weekly newsletter. (You can sign up here!)
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That I might have a typo – or even worse, that a reader might lose interest in one of my articles because of one.
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Reaching millions of readers, because I enjoy being read and well-liked. In 2019, I hit more than seven million, and in 2020, more than eight million. With a great readership comes great responsibility!
Interview conducted in Polish, Jul 2021, translated by LD
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