Jan Polkowski (born 1953) is a poet and a prose writer. During the Communist years, he worked as a publisher and editor in the Polish underground press system. After Poland’s regaining of independence in 1989, he was publisher and editor of the newspaper Czas Krakowski [The Kraków Times].
As a poet, Polkowski debuted in 1978 with several poems in the uncensored literary quarterly Zapis [The Record]. His first volume, To nie jest poezja [This is not Poetry], was printed two years later, in 1980, by the Niezależna Oficyna Wydawnicza NOWA [NOWA Independent Publishers], which makes him the only Polish poet to have debuted in the underground press system. His subsequent volumes were also printed by independent publishers: Oddychaj głęboko [Breathe Deeply (1981)], Ogień. Z notatek 1982-1983 [Fire. Personal Writings 1982-1983 (1983)], Drzewa [Trees (1986)]. ... -- Glagoslav Publications