Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 â 11 February 1978) was a historian of Polish literature who specialized in 19th-century Polish prose.
Zygmunt Szweykowski was born on 7 April 1894 in Kroà Âniewice. In 1932âÂÂ39, Szweykowski held a professorship at the Free Polish University (Wolna Wszechnica Polska) in Warsaw and à Âódà º. He was the father of musicologist Zygmunt Szweykowski.
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Poland, he participated, at the risk of his life, in underground university teaching in Warsaw.
From 1946 he held a chair at Poznaà  University. In 1950 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning, and in 1951 into the Polish Academy of Sciences. He died on 11 February 1978 in Poznaà Â.
Szweykowski studied the 19th-century Polish novel. His books in this field included Powieà Âci historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego (The Historical Novels of Henryk Rzewuski, 1922) and Trylogia Sienkiewicza (Sienkiewicz's Trilogy, 1961).
His specialty, however, was the writings of Bolesà Âaw Prus. His books on Prus include Tworczoà ÂàBolesà Âawa Prusa (The Art of Bolesà Âaw 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 Stanisà Âaw Fita's exhaustive Bolesà Âaw Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz à ¼ycia i twórczoà Âci (Bolesà Âaw Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of [His] Life and Work), Warsaw, Paà Âstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969.