old ▁Pol a ▁Neg ri ▁and ▁made ▁eight ▁feature ▁films ▁with ▁her , ▁before ▁Neg ri ▁became ▁an ▁international ▁sens ation ▁based ▁in ▁Hollywood . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁the ▁Polish ▁Radio ▁began ▁its ▁regular ▁broadcast s ▁from ▁Wars aw . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁public ly ▁owned ▁stations ▁increased ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁invasion . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁the ▁Polish ▁Academy ▁of ▁Liter ature ▁( P AL ) ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁Wars aw . ▁It ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁state ▁institutions ▁of ▁literary ▁life ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁adv ancement ▁of ▁culture ▁and ▁art . ▁It ▁was ▁proposed ▁by ▁Stefan ▁Ż er om ski ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁speed ▁up ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁recovery ▁from ▁the ▁century ▁of ▁ra cial ▁anti - Pol on ism , ▁and ▁implemented ▁on ▁the ▁fifth ▁anni versary ▁of ▁his ▁death . ▁The ▁Academy ▁awarded ▁two ▁highest ▁national ▁hon ors ▁for ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Polish ▁literature : ▁the ▁Gold ▁and ▁the ▁Silver ▁La ure l ▁( Z ł oty , ▁and ▁S re br ny ▁W aw rz yn ). ▁The ▁main ▁objective ▁was ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁quality ▁level ▁of ▁Poland ' s ▁book ▁publishing . ▁The ▁honor ary ▁members ▁included ▁the ▁Academy ' s ▁main ▁prom ot ers : ▁President ▁of ▁Poland ▁Ign acy ▁Mo śc icki ▁and ▁Marsh al ▁Jó zef ▁Pi ł s ud ski . ▁ ▁Cultural ▁contributions ▁of ▁the ▁minor ities ▁The ▁spirit ▁of ▁reb irth