Marian Stala (born 13 September 1952) is a literary critic, historian and columnist, professor at Jagiellonian University.
The son of Wà Âadysà Âawa Stala and Maria née Krzos, accountants. He attended high school in Tarnobrzeg and passed matura in 1971. He enrolled at the Jagiellonian University to study Polish philology. He graduated with a master's degree in 1976 and in that same year started working as an assistant at the Jagiellonian University. He used pen names Konrad Lichtenberg and Wà Âadysà Âaw Szreniawa-Rzecki. Between 1982 and 1985 he was a literary director at the Juliusz Sà Âowacki Theatre in Kraków. His research focused at Young Poland poetry. In 1983 he earned doctorate upon thesis Metaforyzacja w liryce Mà Âodej Polski. Teoria i praktyka supervised by . In 1983-89 he co-edited the spoken magazine âÂÂNaGà ÂosâÂÂ.
He collaborated with underground magazines: Arka (1984âÂÂ1989; also signed by Jacek Krzos), Puls (1986; also signed by Ryszard Nienaski), Brulion (1987âÂÂ1990; also signed by Jacek Krzos; here in 1989 a series of reviews entitled Poezja i wierszomania). In 1987, he became a regular contributor to Tygodnik Powszechny, where he began publishing reviews and articles; in 1998âÂÂ2000, he headed the culture section.
In 1995 he obtained habilitation at the Jagiellonian University upon the thesis Pejzaà ¼ czà Âowieka. Mà Âodopolskie myà Âli i wyobraà ¼enia o duszy, duchu i ciele.
He received Koà Âcielski Award (1992) and (1998). From 2006 until 2008 he was a member of Nike Award jury.
He was a head of the Department of the History of Positivist and Young Poland Literature at the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University. From 2013, he has been a member of the .