Giedroyc was one of the main reasons why
Kultura enjoyed an unwavering prestige and a constant stream of esteemed contributors that enabled it to play a prominent role in Polish literary life.
Kultura published polemics and articles, including those by
Nobel Prize for Literature laureates
Czesław Miłosz and
Wisława Szymborska, as well as works by numerous other authors. Literary critics such as
Maria Janion,
Wojciech Karpiński,
Jan Kott, and
Ryszard Nycz also contributed.
Kultura was and continues to be essential reading for students of
Polish literature. Over the years it printed, and popularised the names of, many leading Polish writers and poets living under communism and as anti-communist political refugees throughout the
Polish diaspora, such as
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński,
Witold Gombrowicz,
Marek Hłasko,
Juliusz Mieroszewski,
Józef Czapski,
Konstanty Jeleński, and
Bogdan Czaykowski. The concept of supporting the independence of Poland's eastern neighbors, elaborated by
Juliusz Mieroszewski and known as
ULB ("
Ukraine,
Lithuania,
Belarus")—and inspired by
Józef Piłsudski's
Interbellum Prometheist policy—has had a major influence on Poland's foreign policies since 1989. ==See also==