Maria Janion
Maria Janion (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, critic and theoretician of literature. She was a Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]
Maria Janion | |
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 Maria Janion, portrait by Zbigniew Kresowaty | |
| Born | 24 December 1926 Mońki, Poland |
| Died | 23 August 2020 (aged 93) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | literary critic |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Notable works | The Project of Phantasmatic Criticism (1991) Romanticism, Revolution, Marxism (1972) |
Janion was also a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. She has an honorary degree of the Gdańsk University. Between the years 1948 to 1978 she was an active member of Polish United Workers' Party.
References
- ↑ Gozlinski, Pawel (4 April 2011). "What they're reading in Poland". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/04/new-europe-poland-reading-publishing. Retrieved 19 April 2011.