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Polish scholar (1940–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franciszek Ziejka (3 October 1940 – 19 July 2020) was a Polish scholar who specialized in Polish literature.[1]
Ziejka was born into a peasant family of eight children. He studied Polish literature at Jagiellonian University under the guidance of Wacław Kubacki. In 1971, he defended his doctoral thesis on symbolism of Stanisław Wyspiański's The Wedding. In 1982, he supported accreditation in his essay The Golden Legend of Polish Peasants. In 1991, he became a university professor.
In the meantime, Ziejka taught Polish at the University of Provence from 1970 to 1973, then at the University of Lisbon from 1979 to 1980. He also taught at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales from 1984 to 1988.
Ziejka became a member of the Polish Academy of Learning in 1997 in Kraków. He was also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish PEN International Club.
Ziejka is the author of multiple plays broadcast on Polish television, such as A Legend is Born, Polish October, and Traugutt. He served on the scientific council of the Polish Library in Paris and he chaired the Panteon Narodowy w Krakowie.[2]
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