Zygmunt Szweykowski
Polish historian
Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 in Krośniewice – 11 February 1978 in Poznań ) was a historian of Polish literature who specialized in 19th-century Polish prose .
Life
In 1932-39, Szweykowski held a professorship at the Free Polish University ( Wolna Wszechnica Polska ) in Warsaw and Łódź . [1]
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Poland , he participated, at the risk of his life, in underground university teaching in Warsaw. [1]
From 1946 he held a chair at Poznań University . In 1950 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning , and in 1951 into the Polish Academy of Sciences . [1]
Szweykowski studied the 19th-century Polish novel . His books in this field included Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego (The Historical Novels of Henryk Rzewuski , 1922) and Trylogia Sienkiewicza ( Sienkiewicz's Trilogy , 1961). [1]
His specialty, however, was the writings of Bolesław Prus . His books on Prus include Tworczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus, 1947; 2nd ed., 1972) and Nie tylko o Prusie: szkice (Not Only about Prus: Sketches, 1967). [1]
Beginning in 1948, Szweykowski produced monumental editions of Prus' collected Pisma (Writings). [1] He also edited Krystyna Tokarzówna's and Stanisław Fita's exhaustive Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of [His] Life and Work), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969.
Works
- Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego (The Historical Novels of Henryk Rzewuski , 1922)
- "Lalka" Bolesława Prusa ( Bolesław Prus ' The Doll , 1927)
- Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Creative Writing of Bolesław Prus, 1947, 1972)
- "Trylogia" Henryka Sienkiewicza. Szkice ( Henryk Sienkiewicz 's Trilogy : Sketches, 1961)
- Nie tylko o Prusie (Not Only about Prus , 1967)
- "Trylogia" Sienkiewicza i inne szkice o twórczości pisarza ( Sienkiewicz 's Trilogy and Other Sketches about the Writer's Works, 1973)
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Notes
References
- "Szweykowski, Zygmunt," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe , 1976, p. 370.
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