200 Zlotys Cyprian Norwid

Cyprian Kamil Norwid died in a Paris poorhouse in 1883, largely forgotten by the Polish literary establishment that would later canonize him. His rehabilitation came decades posthumously, driven in part by Young Poland movement writers who recognized in his dense, allusive verse a philosophical depth their contemporaries had missed entirely. The 2013 issue falls within NBP's long-running series honoring Polish cultural figures, timed to the 190th anniversary of his birth.