Maciej Żurowski (17 September 1915 in

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– 8 May 2003 in

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) was a Polish historian of

French literature French literature () generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by French people, French citizens; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of Franc ...

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. He was a professor of

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, co-editor of (since 1957).

Works

Żurowski was an author of

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and researches about French literature, especially of 18th-20th century. He was also an author of (

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; 1968), (1988), . He translated French and

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, including works of

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more r ...

and

Comte de Lautréamont Comte de Lautréamont (; ) was the '' nom de plume'' of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (; 4 April 1846 – 24 November 1870), a French poet born in Uruguay. His only works, '' Les Chants de Maldoror'' and ''Poésies'', had a major influence on modern a ...

References

* * 1915 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish translators People from Masovian Voivodeship 20th-century translators {{Poland-historian-stub