Michał Głowiński
Michał Głowiński | |
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Głowiński in 2016 | |
| Born | 4 November 1934 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 29 September 2023 (aged 88) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Genre | History and literary theory specializing in the recent history of Polish literature |
| Notable works | Black Seasons
Ulysses' Day Circles of Strangeness. |
| Notable awards | Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis |
Michał Głowiński (4 November 1934 – 29 September 2023) was a Polish philologist, historian and literary theorist specializing in the history of Polish literature. Głowiński was a professor of humanities and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Głowiński was a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a Member of the Collegium Invisibile.
Głowiński wrote about 30 books on Polish studies. The most famous include, Order, Chaos, Meaning (1968), The Young-Polish Novel (1969), Black Seasons (Czarne sezony) (1998) and Rings of Alienation. Głowiński wrote extensively on the language of Communist propaganda and his experience as a young Jewish boy in the WW2 Polish Ghettos.