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.
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!
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.
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?
Sometimes, it takes me a while to load. Thankfully, it only happens from time to time!
Adam Mickiewicz, of course – after all, I’m a program of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute!
I’d gladly take them on one of Culture.pl’s Unseen Soundwalks.
Pierogi, of course – because of my book, Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi.
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!)
That I might have a typo – or even worse, that a reader might lose interest in one of my articles because of one.
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