Czesław Hernas (July 12, 1928 — December 11, 2003) was a Polish philologist, folklorist and professor at the

University of Wrocław The University of Wrocław (, UWr; ) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, with over 100,000 graduates since 1945, including some 1,900 researcher ...

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/ref> Hernas was Director of the Institute of Polish Philology (1971–1885) and a member of the Wroclaw Citizen's Committee of

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(1989–1990). He was born in

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and died in

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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 (, ) 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 alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

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

References

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