Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, Warsaw, April 17, 2008

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (4 May 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a Polish professor of sociology. He was the founder and first head of the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Rector of Collegium Civitas in Warsaw.

He was a Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, the University of Notre Dame, and Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin.[1][2] He is a member of the Polish National Council for Civil Service and the National Council for European Integration.

Wnuk-Lipiński was born in Sucha. He was the author of a social fiction dystopia trilogy, Apostezjon (Wir pamieci, Rozpad polowiczny, Mord zalozycielski). He was the winner of Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1988 for Rozpad polowiczny.[3][4]

Wnuk-Lipiński died in Warsaw, Poland, aged 60.

References

  1. Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin
  2. "Biography at Collegium Civitas". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  3. Laureaci Nagrody Fandomu Polskiego im. Janusza A. Zajdla, (Laureates of the Janusz A. Zajdla Award) [1]
  4. (in pl) Prof. Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński nie żyje. gazeta.pl. 4 January 2015. http://m.wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,117915,17209160,Prof__Edmund_Wnuk_Lipinski_nie_zyje.html.