Karol Modzelewski
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Karol Cyryl Modzelewski[a] (23 November 1937 – 28 April 2019)[1] was a Polish historian, writer, politician and academic of Russian origin, one of the leading figures of the democratic opposition in the Polish People's Republic from the 1960s to the 1980s.[2]
Life and career
He was the adopted son of
During the 1980 strikes he came up with the name of '
]He died on 28 April 2019 in Warsaw.[3]
Awards and distinctions
In 1998, he was awarded Poland's highest distinction Order of White Eagle. In 2007, he won the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science for his research on the emergence of the European identity revealing the importance of pre-Christian and multicultural tradition for the contemporary concept of Europe, presented in his work Barbarzyńska Europa ("Barbarian Europe").[citation needed]
In 2009, he received an
Selected works
- Zajeździmy kobyłę historii. Wyznania poobijanego jeźdźca ("We'll Ride the Mare of History to the Ground: Confessions of a Bruised Rider"), Warsaw 2013
- Scènes de grèves en Pologne, Lausanne 2006
- Barbarzyńska Europa ("Barbarian Europe"), Warsaw 2004
- Życiodajny impuls chuligaństwa. Notatki z lat 1993–2002, Kraków 2003
- Opole, centena, pagus. Versuch einer komparativen Auffassung der Langemeinde und Territorialverwaltung, [in:] "Das Reich und Polen", Constance 2003
- La stirpe e la legge, [in:] "Studi sulle societa e le culture del Medioevo per Girolamo Arnaldi", Rome 2002
- Zemsta, okup i podmiot moralny w prawach barbarzyńskich, [in:] "Aetas media, aetas moderna. Studia ofiarowane profesorowi Henrykowi Samsonowiczowi w siedemdziesiątą rocznicę urodzin", Warsaw 2000
- Organizacja gospodarcza państwa piastowskiego X-XIII wiek, Wrocław 1975, Poznań 2000
- Liber homo sub tutela nobilis, [in:] "Kościół, kultura, społeczeństwo. Studia z dziejów średniowiecza i czasów nowożytnych", Warsaw 2000
- Dokąd od komunizmu?, Warsaw 1993
- Między umową a wojną, Warsaw 1989
- Chłopi w społeczeństwie polskim ("Peasants in Polish Society"), Wrocław 1987
- Revolutionary marxist students in Poland speak out (1964–1968), New York 1969
- List otwarty do partii ("Open Letter to the Party") (co-written by Jacek Kuroń), Paris 1966
See also
Notes
- ^ Born Kiril Budnevich.
References
- ^ "Nie żyje profesor Karol Modzelewski". TVN24.pl. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Roter Prinz auf edlen Abwegen | RADIOdienst.pl" (in German). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Karol Modzelewski nie żyje". Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Róża Thun i Karol Modzelewski odznaczeni Orderem Legii Honorowej". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- (in Polish) Karol Modzelewski in Encyklopedia Solidarności
External links
- "A Life in Solidarity," by Irena Grudzinska Gross, The Daily Star, May 8, 2019.
- Article on Modzelewski
- “I Didn’t Sit Eight and a Half Years in Jail to Build Capitalism” - A Karol Modzelewski profile by David Ost
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