Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 in
Krośniewice
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Transport
The European routes E30 and E75 used to intersect in the town until a bypass was built around the town in 2010. The main railway betw ...
– 11 February 1978 in
Poznań
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) was a historian of
Polish literature
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who specialized in 19th-century Polish
prose
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.
Life
In 1932-39, Szweykowski held a
professor
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ship at the Free Polish University (''Wolna Wszechnica Polska'') in
Warsaw
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and
Łódź
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.
["Szweykowski, Zygmunt," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, p. 370.]
During the
World War II
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Nazi
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occupation of
Poland
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, he participated, at the risk of his life, in
underground university teaching in Warsaw.
From 1946 he held a chair at
Poznań University
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. In 1950 he was inducted into the
Polish Academy of Learning
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, and in 1951 into the
Polish Academy of Sciences
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.
Szweykowski studied the 19th-century
Polish
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* Polish language
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*Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
novel
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. His books in this field included ''Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego'' (The Historical Novels of
Henryk Rzewuski
Henryk Rzewuski (3 May 1791 – 28 February 1866) was a Polish nobleman, Romantic-era journalist and novelist.
Life
Count Henryk Rzewuski was a scion of a Polish magnate family in Ukraine. He was the son of Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski, a Russian ...
, 1922) and ''Trylogia Sienkiewicza'' (
Sienkiewicz's ''
Trilogy
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'', 1961).
His specialty, however, was the writings of
Bolesław Prus. His books on Prus include ''Tworczość Bolesława Prusa'' (The Art of Bolesław Prus, 1947; 2nd ed., 1972) and ''Nie tylko o Prusie: szkice'' (Not Only about Prus: Sketches, 1967).
Beginning in 1948, Szweykowski produced monumental editions of Prus' collected ''Pisma'' (Writings).
He also edited Krystyna Tokarzówna's and Stanisław Fita's exhaustive ''Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości'' (Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of
isLife and Work), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969.
Works
* ''Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego'' (The
Historical Novel
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s of
Henryk Rzewuski
Henryk Rzewuski (3 May 1791 – 28 February 1866) was a Polish nobleman, Romantic-era journalist and novelist.
Life
Count Henryk Rzewuski was a scion of a Polish magnate family in Ukraine. He was the son of Adam Wawrzyniec Rzewuski, a Russian ...
, 1922)
* ''"Lalka" Bolesława Prusa'' (
Bolesław Prus' ''
The Doll'', 1927)
* ''Twórczość
Bolesława Prusa'' (The Creative Writing of Bolesław Prus, 1947, 1972)
* ''"Trylogia" Henryka Sienkiewicza. Szkice'' (
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especi ...
's ''
Trilogy
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'': Sketches, 1961)
* ''Nie tylko o Prusie'' (Not Only about
Prus, 1967)
* ''"Trylogia" Sienkiewicza i inne szkice o twórczości pisarza'' (
Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was a Polish writer, novelist, journalist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is best remembered for his historical novels, especi ...
's ''
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
'' and Other Sketches about the Writer's Works, 1973)
See also
*
List of Poles
This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited.
Science
Physics
* Czesław Białobrzeski
* Andrzej Buras
* Georges Charpak ...
Notes
References
*"Szweykowski, Zygmunt," ''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, Warsaw,
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
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, 1976, p. 370.
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20th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
1894 births
1978 deaths
20th-century Polish male writers