Tymoteusz Karpowicz (born December 15, 1921 in Zielona near Vilnius,
died June 29, 2005[1] in Oak Park near Chicago) was a leading Polish
language poet and playwright.[2][3]Born in the village of Zielona,
near Vilnius, Karpowicz lived there until the outbreak of World War II
in 1939. Karpowicz debuted as a journalist in 1941 under the pseudonym
Tadeusz Lirmian for the Vilnius-based newspaper Prawda Wileńska.
During the Nazi occupation of Vilnius he was a member of the Polish
underground resistance movement. When the war came to an end in 1945,
Karpowicz was resettled to Szczecin where he worked for Polish Radio.
It was here Karpowicz published his first prose piece titled "Legendy
pomorskie" (Pomeranian Legends).Karpowicz moved to Wrocław studied
Polish philology at Wroclaw University where he received his M.A. and
Ph.D. and became an assistant professor. He later received the
Literary Prize of the City of Wroclaw in 1958.In 1971, Karpowicz
received the prestigious fellowship of the "Foundation pour une
Entraide Intellectuelle Europeenne" in Paris. Two years later in 1973
he was invited to join International Working Program at the University
of Iowa. In 1974, he was appointed visiting associate professor of
Polish literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago,[4] where
he taught for two years. Although he has never received any official
literary awards in Poland because of his stance as a political
dissident, he was awarded the prestigious Alfred Jurzykowski Prize in
New York City and was twice a recipient of the Illinois Arts Council
Annual Award.[5]
died June 29, 2005[1] in Oak Park near Chicago) was a leading Polish
language poet and playwright.[2][3]Born in the village of Zielona,
near Vilnius, Karpowicz lived there until the outbreak of World War II
in 1939. Karpowicz debuted as a journalist in 1941 under the pseudonym
Tadeusz Lirmian for the Vilnius-based newspaper Prawda Wileńska.
During the Nazi occupation of Vilnius he was a member of the Polish
underground resistance movement. When the war came to an end in 1945,
Karpowicz was resettled to Szczecin where he worked for Polish Radio.
It was here Karpowicz published his first prose piece titled "Legendy
pomorskie" (Pomeranian Legends).Karpowicz moved to Wrocław studied
Polish philology at Wroclaw University where he received his M.A. and
Ph.D. and became an assistant professor. He later received the
Literary Prize of the City of Wroclaw in 1958.In 1971, Karpowicz
received the prestigious fellowship of the "Foundation pour une
Entraide Intellectuelle Europeenne" in Paris. Two years later in 1973
he was invited to join International Working Program at the University
of Iowa. In 1974, he was appointed visiting associate professor of
Polish literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago,[4] where
he taught for two years. Although he has never received any official
literary awards in Poland because of his stance as a political
dissident, he was awarded the prestigious Alfred Jurzykowski Prize in
New York City and was twice a recipient of the Illinois Arts Council
Annual Award.[5]
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