Czesław Hernas (July 12, 1928,

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— December 11, 2003,

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) was a Polish philologist and folklorist, professor at the

University of Wrocław , ''Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau'' (before 1945) , free_label = Specialty programs , free = , colors = Blue , website uni.wroc.pl The University of Wrocław ( pl, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, U ...

."Czesław Hernas"(wayback machine copy of oler version)
/ref> Director of the Institute of Polish Philology (1971-1885), member of the Wroclaw Citizen's Committee of

Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...

(1989-1990)

Books

* ''Barok''. PWN 1972 * ''Literatura baroku''. PWN 1985 * ''Polnischer Barock''. Surkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1991 * ''Polska XVII wieku'' red. J. Tazbir, Wiedza powszechna, Warszawa 1977 (author of section ''Zarys rozwoju literatury barokowej'') * ''Hejnały polskie'', Studia staropolskie, 1961 * ''W kalinowym lesie'', volumes 1, 2, PIW 1965

Awards

*2001: Commander's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

*1991: Medal"Laureaci nagród im. Franciszka Kotuli"
''Nowiny'' (Rzeszów) (for achievements in ethnography)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hernas, Czeslaw Polish philologists Polish folklorists Academic staff of the University of Wrocław Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta People from Lviv Oblast 1928 births 2003 deaths 20th-century philologists