Stefania Skwarczyńska ''
de domo
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'' (17 November 1902 in
Kamionka Strumiłowa
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– 28 April 1988 in
Łódź) was a Polish theorist and historian of literature, theatrologist, full professor, doctor ''
honoris causa
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'' of the
University of Łódź, and World War II resistance fighter.
[STEFANIA MARIA SALOMEA SKWARCZYŃSKA]
''Polish Internet Biographical Dictionary''
In April 1940, as the wife of a Polish officer imprisoned in
Starobelsk officer's camp, she, her children, and her mother-in-law were exiled to
Kazakhstan, from where she was released back to Lwów by the efforts of scientists and continued her work at Lwów University. During the German occupation she was employed at the
Lviv Institute for Typhus and Virus Research as a manager of the department of "
lice feeders" (1941–1944).
[ During this time she took part in the underground ]education in Poland during World War II
World War II saw the cultivation of underground education in Poland ( pl, Tajne szkolnictwo, or '). Secretly conducted education prepared scholars and workers for the postwar reconstruction of Poland and countered German and Soviet threats to era ...
. In 1945 she became a member of the Union of Armed Struggle
Związek Walki Zbrojnej ( abbreviation: ''ZWZ''; Union of Armed Struggle;Thus rendered in Norman Davies, ''God's Playground: A History of Poland'', vol. II, p. 464. also translated as ''Union for Armed Struggle'', ''Association of Armed Strug ...
, known under the '' noms de guerre'': "Maria" and "Jarema" and took part in actions for liberating the Jews.[
In 1988 a documentary about her was released, ''Stefania Skwarczyńska – szkic do portretu uczonej''.
]
Books
*Ewolucja obrazów u Słowackiego. Lwów 1925
*Szkice z zakresu teorii literatury. Lwów 1932
*Teoria listu. Lwów 1937 (pierwsze wznowienie: Białystok 2005)
*Z teorii literatury cztery rozprawy. Łódź 1947
*Systematyka głównych kierunków w badaniach literackich. Łódź 1948, vol. I
*Studia i szkice literackie. Warszawa 1953
*Wstęp do nauki o literaturze. Warszawa 1954-1965, vols. I-III
*Mickiewiczowskie „powinowactwa z wyboru”. Warszawa 1957
*Leona Schillera trzy inscenizacje „Nie-Boskiej komedii” Zygmunta Krasińskiego. Warszawa 1959
*Teoria badań literackich za granicą. Warszawa 1965, vols. I i II
*W kręgu wielkich romantyków polskich. Warszawa 1966
*Wokół teatru i literatury. Warszawa 1970
*Pomiędzy historią a teorią literatury. Warszawa 1975
*Kierunki w badaniach literackich. Warszawa 1984
*W orbicie literatury – teatru – kultury naukowej. Warszawa 1985
Awards and decorations
*1954: Gold Cross of MeritUchwała Rady Państwa z dnia 19 lipca 1954 r. o nadaniu odznaczeń państwowych
'' Monitor Polski'', 1954 nr 108 poz. 1448
*1954: Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
*1959: Medal of Peace , World Peace Council
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[
*1965: Individual Award of 1st degree from the Ministry of Education of the Polish People's Republic][
*1966: Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta][
*1969: ][
*1978: Prize of the Scientific Society of the ]John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...
, "for the lifetime scientific achievements in the spirit of Christian humanism"
References
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1902 births
1988 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Łódź
Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland)
Polish literary historians
Home Army members
Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland