Henryk Markiewicz

Henryk Markiewicz (16 November 1922 – 31 October 2013) was a Polish historian, specializing in the history and theory of literature, with the particular focus on the Polish literature of 1864-1939. He was a professor emeritus of the Jagiellonian University, where he was a director of the Institute of Polish Philology. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning. He has been one of the editors of the Polski Słownik Biograficzny, and its editor-in-chief from 1991 until 2002, as well as editor of several other historical book series. He has published a number of books and articles.

He was a member of Polish United Workers' Party. Marta Wyka was among his doctoral students.

Books

• Reprint 1964.
• Reprint 1999.

Distinctions

• Gold Cross of Merit (1953)
• Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955)
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1954)
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1964)
• Medal of the Commission of National Education (1979)
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1983)
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 May 2000)
• Medal of Pushkin (2001)
• Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (5 January 2007)

References

External links

• Homepage at the Jagiellonian University