Bolesław Faron
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Bolesław Faron | |
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 Bolesław Faron, 2007 | |
| Born | 17 February 1937 |
| Occupations | Literary historian, literary critic |
Bolesław Faron (born 17 February 1937) is a literary historian and ciritc specializing in the history of Polish literature, columnist, politician and diplomat, Poland's minister of education (1981–1985) and director of Polish Institute in Vienna (1986–1990).[1][2]
The son of Jan Faron, a farmer, and Anna née Pulit, brother of Stanisław Faron. He attended Jan Długosz High School in Nowy Sącz in Nowy Sącz.[1] From 1954 he studied Polish philology at the Higher School of Pedagogy in Kraków (WSP), obtaining a master's degree in 1958.[1][3] From 1952 until 1956 he was a member of Union of Polish Youth.[4] In 1956 he became a member of the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR).[1] From 1958 he worked in secondary and higher education: he was a tutor in the dormitory of the Basic Vocational School in Nowa Huta (until 1961) and a Polish language teacher at the King Jan Sobieski High School in Kraków (1958–1964).[1] He also worked at the Higher School of Pedagogy (WSP; from 1958), initially as a librarian, then as an assistant, senior assistant, and adjunct professor.[1]
In 1966 at the Higher School of Pedagogy (WSP) he obtained doctorate[3] upon thesis Twórczość Zbigniewa Uniłowskiego na tle prozy drugiego dziesięciolecia międzywojennego supervised by Jan Nowakowski (literary historian).[1] In 1975 he obtained his habilitation[3] based on his thesis Stefan Kołaczkowski jako krytyk i historyk literatury.[1] In the years 1971–1975 he was a vice-rector[5] and in the years 1975–1981 he was a rector of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Kraków.[1]
In 1975, he became a member of the Voivodeship Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party in Kraków and a member of the "Kuźnica" Club of Cultural Creators and Activists in Kraków.[1] From 1977 to 1981, he was editor-in-chief of "Ruch Literacki".[1][5]
From February 1981 to 1986, he was a minister of education.[1][5] In 1981, he was elected an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party.[1] In the years 1986–1990 he was a counselor for cultural and scientific affairs at the Embassy of the Polish People's Republic in Vienna and director of the Polish Institute in Vienna.[1][5] He was on scholarships in Vienna and Salzburg (1992), and in Trier, Nancy, Brussels and Leuven (1994).[1]
From 1993 he was the president of the management board, and from 1995 the director of scientific and publishing affairs of the Kraków branch of Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne,[1] that he co-founded with Agnieszka Kłakówna.[6][7] From 2000[1] until 2006, he was director of the Institute of Polish Philology at the Pedagogical University of Kraków (previously WSP).[4] He became a member of Klub Przyjaciół Ziemi Sądeckiej.[8]
He specialized in the literature of Young Poland, the interwar period, and contemporary writing; including in the works of Władysław Orkan and Zbigniew Uniłowski.[9] He published in journals: "Ruch Literacki", "Miesięcznik Literacki", "Twórczość", "Odra", "Lektura", "Nowe Książki", "Życie Literackie", "Nowa Polszczyzna".[1][5][9] He supervised eight doctoral dissertations.[10] Agnieszka Kłakówna was among his doctoral students.[11] His pen name was Andrzej Turek[2].
He married Barbara Rejdych.[1]
Books
- Zbigniew Uniłowski. Kraków: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1969.
- Stanisław Piętak. Kraków: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1971.
- Współczesna poezja polska. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe WSP. 1971. Co-authored with Stanisław Burkot.
- Stefan Kołaczkowski jako krytyk i historyk literatury. Wrocław: Ossolineum. 1976.
- Oświatowe przekroje i zbliżenia. Warszawa: Ksia̜żka i Wiedza. 1985.
- Spotkania i powroty: sylwetki i szkice o literaturze. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 1995. ISBN 83-86663-08-1.
- Jama Michalika: przewodnik literacki. Kraków: Oficyna ¿7FCracovia". 1995. ISBN 83-85104-79-8.
- Władysław Orkan. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 2004. ISBN 83-89434-70-9.
- Okruchy: szkice o literaturze i kulturze XX wieku. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 2005.
- Powrót do korzeni. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 2000. ISBN 83-88365-01-0. Memoirs.[5]
- ...z podróży. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 2007. ISBN 9788365669957.
- Powrót do korzeni: nowy. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Edukacyjne. 2010. ISBN 978-83-61009-30-6.
Editions
- Prozaicy dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. Sylwetki. Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. 1972.
- Orkan, Władysław (1975). Komornicy i opowiadania wybrane. Warszawa.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Uniłowski, Zbigniew (1976). Wspólny pokój i inne utwory. Wrocław; Warszawa; Kraków; Gdańsk: Zakład narodowy imienia Ossolińskich.
- Uniłowski, Zbigniew (1981). Żyto w dżungli ; Pamiętnik morski ; Reportaże. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. ISBN 83-08-00418-0.