Czesław Hernas

Czesław Hernas (July 12, 1928, Sokal &mdash; December 11, 2003, Wrocław) was a Polish philologist and folklorist, professor at the University of Wrocław.

Director of the Institute of Polish Philology (1971-1885), member of the Wroclaw Citizen's Committee of Solidarity (1989-1990)

Books

 * Barok. PWN 1972
 * Literatura baroku. PWN 1985
 * Polnischer Barock. Surkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1991
 * Polska XVII wieku red. J. Tazbir, Wiedza powszechna, Warszawa 1977 (author of section Zarys rozwoju literatury barokowej)
 * Hejnały polskie, Studia staropolskie, 1961
 * W kalinowym lesie, volumes 1, 2, PIW 1965

Awards

 * 2001: Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
 * 1991: Franciszek Kotula Medal (for achievements in ethnography)