Jerzy Axer
Jerzy Axer (born April 18, 1946 in Łódź ) is a Polish literary historian and classical philologist . He is the son of theater director Erwin Axer .
Life
Axer spent his childhood in Warsaw , where he attended high school . After graduating from high school in 1964, he studied classical philology at the University of Warsaw , where he obtained his master's degree in 1969 . From 1970 he then worked at the Institute for Classical Philology there. In 1972 he received his doctorate with the thesis Jerzy z Tyczyna, humanista i dyplomata and completed his habilitation in 1976 with Mowa Cycerona w obronie komediowego Roscjusza. Study z krytyki tekstu . From 1978 he lectured at the Warsaw State Theater School. In 1981 he became a member of the Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej at the Polish Academy of Sciences . In addition, from 1981 to 1987 he was Vice Dean and then Dean of the Department of Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw. In 1983 he became a member of the International Society of the History of Rhetoric. In 1986 he became an associate professor and lectured at several foreign universities. In 1991 he became Vice Director of the Institute for Classical Philology at the University of Warsaw and at the same time director of the newly created Center for the Study of Ancient Traditions in Poland and Central Eastern Europe. In 1992 he became a full professor and member of the Wolfenbüttel working group for Renaissance research. In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate from the Ivan Franko National University in Lviv .
He lives in Warsaw .
Publications
- Mowa Cycerona w obronie komediowego Roscjusza. Studium z krytyki tekstu , 1976
- The style and composition of Cicero's speech "Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo". Origin and function , translated into English by J. Holzman, 1980
- Polski dyplomata na papieskim dworze. Wybór listów Jerzego z Tyczyna do Marcina Kromera (1554–1585) , 1982
- Filolog w teatrze , 1991
Editing
- Joannes Joncre : Tragoedia Boleslaus Secundus Furens , 1972
- Szymon Szymonowic : Castus Iosef , 1973
- Georgii Ticinii ad Martinum Cromerum epistulae a. 1554-1585 , 1975
- Marcus Tullius Cicero : Oratio per Q. Roscio Comoedo , 1976 (Scripta quae manserunt omnia, Fasc. 9, Bibliotheca Teubneriana )
- Georgii Ticinii ad principes Radziwiłł epistulae (a. 1567–1585) , 1980
- Jan Kochanowski : Treny , 1983
- Laudatio dramatica clarissimae Firleiorum familiae , 1989
- Listowne Polaków rozmowy. List łaciński jako dokument polskiej kultury XVI i XVII wieku , 1992
- Epsañoles y polacos en la corte de Carlos V. Cartas del embajador Juan Dantisco , 1994
- Andreas Dudith : Epistulae. P. 2: 1568-1573 , 1995
- Scaenica Saravi-Varsoviensia. Contributions to ancient theater and its afterlife , with Woldemar Görler 1997
- Siew Dionizosa. Inspiracje Grecji antycznej w teatrze i dramacie XX wieku w Europie Środkowej i Wschodniej , 1997
- Grecja mykeńska a Grecja klasyczna , 2000
- Bo królom był równy… Przemówienie Józefa Piłsudskiego przy składaniu prochów Słowackiego do grobów wawelskich 28 czerwca 1927 roku , 2002
- Z Rzymu do Rzymu , 2002
- Rhetoric of transformation , 2003
- Łacina jako język elit , 2004
- Dawne elity - słowo i gest , 2005
literature
- Anna Hejman: Jerzy Axer . In: Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury . Tom pierwszy: A – B. Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne Spółka Akcyjna, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 83-02-05445-3 , p. 60-62 .
- Barbara Tyszkiewicz: Jerzy Axer . In: Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury . Tom dziesiąty: Ż i uzupełnienia do tomów 1–9. Fundacja Akademia Humanistyczna, Warsaw 2007, ISBN 978-83-8934894-4 , p. 110-111 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Axer, Jerzy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish literary historian and classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |