Andrzej Franaszek

Andrzej Franaszek
Born (1971-04-28) 28 April 1971
Kraków
OccupationsLiterary historian, literary critic, opinion journalist

Andrzej Wojciech Franaszek (born 28 April 1971) is a literary historian, literary critic, opinion journalist, screenwriter and academic teacher at the University of National Education Commission.

Biography

Son of the technician Ryszard Franaszek and the civil servant Irena Gurgul.[1][2] In the mid-1990s he joined the editorial team of Tygodnik Powszechny.[1] From the second half of 1990s he published also in Gazeta Wyborcza.[1] In 1995, he graduated with a master's degree in Polish philology from the Jagiellonian University.[1][3] In 2004 and 2005 he was a member of the jury of the Nike Prize.[1]

He performed on the television shows on TVP Kultura from 2009 to 2014.[1] In 2010, he was employed at the Zbigniew Herbert Foundation.[1] He was appointed secretary of the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award.[1] In 2011 he obtained a doctoral degree[3] at the Pedagogical University of Kraków upon dissertation Kategorie negatywne w literaturze polskiej po roku 1989. Rekonesans (Negative Categories in Polish Literature after 1989: A reconnaissance), supervised by Paweł Próchniak.[1][4] In 2012 he was employed as a lecturer at the Pedagogical University of Kraków (later renamed University of National Education Commission).[1][3][5] In 2018 he obtained habilitation.[3]

He has written biograpgies of Zbigniew Herbert and Czesław Miłosz. He lives in Kraków.[2] He devorced and has a daughter Antonina (born 2001).[2]

Books

  • Ciemne źródło. O twórczości Zbigniewa Herberta. London: Puls. 1998. Second edition published by Znak, Kraków 2008, ISBN 978-83-240-0998-5.
  • Przepustka z piekła. 44 szkice o literaturze i przygodach duszy. Kraków: Znak. 2010. ISBN 978-83-240-1398-2.
  • Miłosz. Biografia. Kraków: Znak. 2011. ISBN 978-83-240-1614-3. Second edition published by Znak in 2022, ISBN 978-83-240-6886-9.
  • Herbert. Biografia. Kraków: Znak. 2018. ISBN 978-83-240-5376-6. Volume 2, ISBN 978-83-240-6886-9.
  • Gwiazda Piołun. Opowieści o poezji, podróżowaniu i przyjaźni. Kraków: Znak. 2022. ISBN 978-83-240-6425-0.

Filmography (as screenwriter)

  • Zwyczajna dobroć. O Jerzym Turowiczu (1998)
  • Czarodziejska góra. Amerykański portret Czesława Miłosza (2000)
  • Pokolenie ‘89 (2002)
  • Profesor. O Leszku Kołakowskim (2005)
  • Miłosz (2013)
  • Nadal wracam. Portret Ryszarda Krynickiego (2016)
  • Herbert. Barbarzyńca w ogrodzie (2021)

Source.[6]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tyszkiewicz, Barbara. "Franaszek Andrzej". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Tyszkiewicz, Barbara. "Andrzej Franaszek". nplp.pl. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Dr hab. Andrzej Wojciech Franaszek". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Kategorie negatywne w literaturze polskiej po roku 1989. Rekonesans". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Dr hab. prof. UKEN Andrzej Franaszek". ifp.uken.krakow.pl. Archived from the original on 15 May 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Andrzej Franaszek". filmpolski.pl. Archived from the original on 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Kietlińska-Kamińska, Maria (2014). "Krakowska Książka Miesiąca. Laureaci 1995–2016" (PDF). Bibliotekarz. Biblioteki Publiczne z Bliska i Daleka nr 2. 9: 6–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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