Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński
Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (born May 4, 1944 in Sucha, Tuchola , † January 4, 2015 in Warsaw ) was a Polish sociologist and science fiction writer, partly of Kashubian origin.
Life
Wnuk-Lipiński was the founder and first director of the Political Science Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences . He taught at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna , at the University of Notre Dame and at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin .
Wnuk-Lipiński is the author of sociological works and science fiction works. He published the sociologically inspired dystopia trilogy Apostezjon ( Wir pamięci , Rozpad połowiczny , Mord założycielski ) and was awarded the Janusz A. Zajdel Prize (for Rozpad połowiczny ) in 1988. In 2006 he was elected rector of the private Collegium Civitas in Warsaw .
Writings (sociology)
- Granice wolności. Pamiętnik polskiej transformacji , Warsaw 2003, ISBN 83-7383-015-4 , ("Limits of Freedom. Diary of Polish Transformation").
- Świat międzyepoki. Globalizacja, demokracja, państwo narodowe , Cracow 2004, ISBN 83-240-0444-0 , ("The world of the intermediate epoch. Globalization, democracy, nation state").
Web links
- Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński at Open Library
- Interview with Wnuk-Lipiński in the newspaper Rzeczpospolita (Polish)
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| SURNAME | Wnuk-Lipiński, Edmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish sociologist and science fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sucha, Tuchola |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2015 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |