Łódź has rich literary traditions.

Łódź was a place of birth of Julian Tuwim. The poet lived in a house at St. Andrew St. (today A. Struga). In 1947-1950 he was the artistic director of the Nowy Theatre in Łódź. The city granted him The Literary Prize of Łódź twice (1928 and 1949), he was also granted doctorate conferred honoris causa in 1949 by University of Łódź. Works by Tuwim were highly popular. His main works are: „Kwiaty Polskie", „Czyhanie na Boga", „Sokrates tańczący". Tuwim was also renowned for children poems such as „Zosia Samosia", „Lokomotywa", „Rzepka".

Łódź appears in one of the most famous novels by Władysław Reymont "Ziemia Obiecana". It was published in 1899.

The author created there a moving image of a developing new capitalistic metropolis. Reymont presented a wide realistic image of a city - factories and offices, restaurants and railway stations, parks and streets, palaces of the rich and ruins of the workers.

The life of Jan Sztaudynger was also related to Łódź. Sztaudeynger was a poet, satirist, expert and exponent of puppet theatre. In the years 1945-1961 he gave lectures in National Dramatic School of Puppet Theatre in Łódź. He was the editor of "Teatr Lalek" in Łódź. In 1946 he published a collection of poems "Tranzytem przez Łodź" where he described the nostalgia for the literary cafe "Fraszka". In his "Klub Pickwicka" he recalls the mood and atmosphere of the contemporary Łódź.

There are literary associations promoting culture in Łódź, Literary Association "Akant", Krzysztof Baczyński Literary Association (Central Culture Forum) as well as Adam Mickiewicz Literary Association Unit operating at University of Łódź.