Michał Głowiński

Michał Głowiński
Głowiński in 2016
Born(1934-11-04)4 November 1934
Warsaw, Poland
Died29 September 2023(2023-09-29) (aged 88)
Warsaw, Poland
OccupationWriter
CitizenshipPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
GenreHistory and literary theory specializing in the recent history of Polish literature
Notable worksBlack Seasons

Ulysses' Day

Circles of Strangeness.
Notable awardsOrder 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.