Stefania Skwarczyńska



Stefania Skwarczyńska de domo Strelbickis of Sas coat of arms (17 November 1902 in Kamionka Strumiłowa – 28 April 1988 in Łódź) was a Polish theorist and historian of literature, theatrologist, full professor, doctor honoris causa of the University of Łódź, and World War II resistance fighter.

In April 1940, as the wife of a Polish officer imprisoned in Starobelsk officer's camp, she, her children, and her mother-in-law were exiled to Kazakhstan, from where she was released back to Lwów by the efforts of scientists and continued her work at Lwów University. During the German occupation she was employed at the Lviv Institute for Typhus and Virus Research as a manager of the department of "lice feeders" (1941–1944). During this time she took part in the underground education in Poland during World War II. In 1945 she became a member of the Union of Armed Struggle, known under the noms de guerre: "Maria" and "Jarema" and took part in actions for liberating the Jews.

In 1988 a documentary about her was released, Stefania Skwarczyńska – szkic do portretu uczonej.

Books

 * Ewolucja obrazów u Słowackiego. Lwów 1925
 * Szkice z zakresu teorii literatury. Lwów 1932
 * Teoria listu. Lwów 1937 (pierwsze wznowienie: Białystok 2005)
 * Z teorii literatury cztery rozprawy. Łódź 1947
 * Systematyka głównych kierunków w badaniach literackich. Łódź 1948, vol. I
 * Studia i szkice literackie. Warszawa 1953
 * Wstęp do nauki o literaturze. Warszawa 1954-1965, vols. I-III
 * Mickiewiczowskie „powinowactwa z wyboru”. Warszawa 1957
 * Leona Schillera trzy inscenizacje „Nie-Boskiej komedii” Zygmunta Krasińskiego. Warszawa 1959
 * Teoria badań literackich za granicą. Warszawa 1965, vols. I i II
 * W kręgu wielkich romantyków polskich. Warszawa 1966
 * Wokół teatru i literatury. Warszawa 1970
 * Pomiędzy historią a teorią literatury. Warszawa 1975
 * Kierunki w badaniach literackich. Warszawa 1984
 * W orbicie literatury – teatru – kultury naukowej. Warszawa 1985

Awards and decorations

 * 1954: Gold Cross of Merit
 * 1954: Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
 * 1959: Medal of Peace, World Peace Council
 * 1965: Individual Award of 1st degree from the Ministry of Education of the Polish People's Republic
 * 1966: Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
 * 1969: Medal of the Commission of the National Education
 * 1978: Prize of the Scientific Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, "for the lifetime scientific achievements in the spirit of Christian humanism"