Jan Błoński
Jan Błoński | |
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ISBN 978-83-08-042-01-4 | |
Born | Warsaw, Poland | 15 January 1931
Died | 10 February 2009 Kraków | (aged 78)
Occupation | Writer, academic |
Nationality | Polish |
Citizenship | Polish |
Jan Błoński (15 January 1931 – 10 February 2009) was a Polish historian, literary critic, publicist and translator. He was a leading representative of the Kraków school of literary criticism, which wielded significant influence in postwar Poland.
Professor of the
Polish Baroque. He was the literary editor for the publication of Witold Gombrowicz's collected works in 1986–88 through Wydawnictwo Literackie. He was also the Fellow of Collegium Invisibile. In 1996–2001 he served as juror for the Nike Literary Award. In November 1995 he was awarded the Kraków Book of the Month Award for the collected works of Sławomir Mrożek, his long-time friend from the Stalinist period.[1]
Biography
Jan Błoński was born in
Stalinist era in Poland.[2]
Błoński obtained a position with the Institute of Literary Studies of the
References
- ^ "List of Fellows". Collegium Invisible ci.edu.pl, Warsaw. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ a b c d Jerzy Jarzębski (2009). "Prof. Jan Błoński" (PDF). In memoriam. First published in Gazeta Wyborcza 38/2009. Jagiellonian University. pp. 14–16. Retrieved March 6, 2013 – via direct download 1.03 MB.
- ISBN 978-0-8135-3158-8.
- ISBN 978-90-04-35235-3.
External links
- Holocaust scholar Jan Blonski dies, JTA, February 12, 2009
- Pożegnanie Jana Błońskiego (Goodbye to Jan Błoński - series of articles) (in Polish)
- Jan Błoński, "Biedni Polacy patrzą na getto" at the Wayback Machine (archived February 14, 2009) with links to subsequent pages. (in Polish)