Maria Janion | |
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 Maria Janion, portrait by Zbigniew Kresowaty | |
| Born | 24 December 1926 |
| Died | 23 August 2020 (aged 93) Warsaw, Poland |
| Occupation | literary critic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | The Project of Phantasmatic Criticism (1991) Romanticism, Revolution, Marxism (1972) |
Maria Janion (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, literary theorist and critic, as well as a feminist. She was a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Romanticism.[1]
Janion was also a member of the Polish Academy of Learning. She held an honorary degree from Gdańsk University.
- ^ Gozlinski, Pawel (4 April 2011). "What they're reading in Poland". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2011.