Zygmunt Szweykowski (7 April 1894 in Krośniewice – 11 February 1978 in Poznań) was a historian of Polish literature who specialized in 19th-century Polish prose.
Life
editIn 1932–39, Szweykowski held a professorship at the Free Polish University (Wolna Wszechnica Polska) in Warsaw and Łódź.[1] He was the father of musicologist Zygmunt Szweykowski.[2]
During the World War II Nazi occupation of Poland, he participated, at the risk of his life, in underground university teaching in Warsaw.[1]
From 1946 he held a chair at Poznań University. In 1950 he was inducted into the Polish Academy of Learning, and in 1951 into the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1]
Szweykowski studied the 19th-century Polish novel. His books in this field included Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego (The Historical Novels of Henryk Rzewuski, 1922) and Trylogia Sienkiewicza (Sienkiewicz's Trilogy, 1961).[1]
His specialty, however, was the writings of Bolesław Prus. His books on Prus include Tworczość Bolesława Prusa (The Art of Bolesław Prus, 1947; 2nd ed., 1972) and Nie tylko o Prusie: szkice (Not Only about Prus: Sketches, 1967).[1]
Beginning in 1948, Szweykowski produced monumental editions of Prus' collected Pisma (Writings).[1] He also edited Krystyna Tokarzówna's and Stanisław Fita's exhaustive Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: Kalendarz życia i twórczości (Bolesław Prus, 1847-1912: a Calendar of [His] Life and Work), Warsaw, Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1969.
Works
edit- Powieści historyczne Henryka Rzewuskiego (The Historical Novels of Henryk Rzewuski, 1922)
- "Lalka" Bolesława Prusa (Bolesław Prus' The Doll, 1927)
- Twórczość Bolesława Prusa (The Creative Writing of Bolesław Prus, 1947, 1972)
- "Trylogia" Henryka Sienkiewicza. Szkice (Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy: Sketches, 1961)
- Nie tylko o Prusie (Not Only about Prus, 1967)
- "Trylogia" Sienkiewicza i inne szkice o twórczości pisarza (Sienkiewicz's Trilogy and Other Sketches about the Writer's Works, 1973)
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Szweykowski, Zygmunt," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, p. 370.
- ^ Sobieraj, Tomasz; Ratajczak, Wiesław (2014). "Szweykowski Zygmunt" [Polish Biographical Dictionary]. Polski Słownik Biograficzny (in Polish). Vol. 49. Warsaw/Kraków: Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences. p. 49. ISBN 978-83-63352-26-4.
References
edit- "Szweykowski, Zygmunt," Encyklopedia powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1976, p. 370.