Zegadłowicz Emil, Wielka nowina w Beskidzie, Druk. Franciszek Foltin, [Wadowice] 1923, 1st edition, edition of 250 copies, pp. 70, [2], dimensions 12.5 x 19.5 cm. Cover design and execution by Jan Mrozinski. Printed on handmade paper with uncut edges. Publisher's booklet cover. Rubbing, minor edgewear along edges of cover.
A volume of poetry inspired by folklore and nature of the Babia Góra villages, maintained in the spirit of mystical fascination with nature, characteristic of the work of poets gathered in the "Czartak" group.
Dedication by the author to his friend Edward Kozikowski [he founded the "Czartak" group with Emil Zegadłowicz].
Czartak - a regionalist literary group founded in Wadowice by Emil Zegadlowicz, active from 1922-1928. The name was taken from dialect, meaning a leper, watchtower, shed made of boards. The name Czartak was also used to describe a building near the village of Mucharz (probably a former guardhouse or chapel). Czartak's program combined religious mysticism with love of nature and praise of the "simple man" closely communing with it (Franciscanism). Disliked modern civilization (anti-urbanism). He was inspired by the ideas of Expressionism. The group was associated with the culture and topography of the Beskids, promoting regional motifs. Between 1922 and 1928 the group published 3 issues of the magazine "Czartak." Members of the group included: Edward Kozikowski, Jan Nepomucen Miller, Tadeusz Szantroch, Janina Brzostowska, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Jan Wiktor and several prominent artists-artists such as Julian Fałat, Wojciech Weiss, Zbigniew Pronaszko, Jan Hrynkowski. Some members of the group came from the environment of the magazine "Ponowa".