Maciej Ganczar

Maciej Ganczar (born January 19, 1976 in Łódź ) is a Polish literary scholar , Germanist , literary translator and author of textbooks for foreign and technical languages.

Life

Maciej Ganczar was born in 1976 in Łódź, Poland, and spent his childhood and youth in Piotrków Trybunalski . He studied German at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa , at the University of Stettin and finally at the Silesian University in Katowice , where he received his doctorate in 2007.

Since 2001 he has taught at several universities, including the Warsaw University , the Medical Academy in Warsaw (today: Warsaw Medical University ) and the Università del Salento in Lecce ( Italy ). Today he is head of the Chair of Modern Languages and Cultures at the Academy of Finance and Economics “Vistula” in Warsaw, as well as a reviewer of textbooks at the Polish Ministry of Education.

Ganczar has worked as an editor of German-language dramas and as a literary translator for several years . He has translated the dramas by Marc Becker , Wilhelm Genazino , Kerstin Specht , Lukas Holliger , Wolfgang Sréter , Andrea M. Schenkel , Max Frisch , Rolf Hochhuth , Ödön von Horváth , Arthur Schnitzler and Hermann Broch into Polish.

Since 2011 he has been a member of the Hermann Broch International Working Group in Washington, DC In the same year he was elected chairman of the Association of Polish Literary Translators. In 2016 he was awarded the medal of the Commission for National Education .

Works

Textbooks

Słownik medyczny angielsko-polski i polsko-angielski (English-Polish, Polish-English medical dictionary), Warszawa: Medipage 2016.
Historia literatury austriackiej (History of Austrian Literature), Warszawa: PWN 2016.
Romantic artist figures in the prose by Peter Härtling , Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 2015.
Niemiecki w Praktyce ratownika medycznego (German for rescue services), Warszawa: PZWL 2011.
Listening comprehension. Podręcznik do nauki rozumienia ze słuchu + CD, Warszawa: Poltext 2010.
German for nursing and midwifery + CD, Warszawa: PZWL 2010.
English for Business + CD, Warszawa: Poltext 2009.
Prawo. Język niemiecki. Ćwiczenia i słownictwo specjalistyczne (Jura. German technical language in exercises), Warszawa: Hueber Polska 2009.
Jak pisać po niemiecku? (How do you write in German?), Warszawa: Langenscheidt 2008.
Crossword puzzle, Warszawa: Poltext 2008.
Medycyna. Słownik kieszonkowy polsko-niemiecki, niemiecko-polski (Medicine. German-Polish, Polish-German pocket dictionary), Warszawa: Hueber Polska 2008.
Lexical Compendium. Media, Warszawa: Poltext 2007.
Lexical Compendium. Politics, Warszawa: Poltext 2007.
Medycyna. Język niemiecki. Ćwiczenia i słownictwo specjalistyczne (Medicine. German technical language in exercises), Warszawa: Hueber Polska 2007.
Business language, Poznań: LektorKlett 2007.
Lexical Compendium. Sport, Warszawa: Poltext 2006.
Lexical Compendium. Tourism, Warszawa: Poltext 2006.
Repetytorium leksykalne. Język niemiecki, Poznań: LektorKlett 2006.

Editorships

Jeszcze raz o starości z chorobą. On Aging and Illness, One More Time, Kraków: Homini 2019 (co-editor: Hanna Serkowska).
Medycyna w teatrze (Medicine on the Stage), Kraków: Homini 2017 (co-editor: Krzysztof Rutkowski).
Medycyna w filmie (Medicine in Film), Kraków: Homini 2017 (co-editor: Michał Oleszczyk).
Max Frisch : Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume I a. II, Warszawa: ADiT 2016.
Literatura piękna i medycyna (aesthetic literature and medicine), Kraków: Homini 2015 (co-editor: Piotr Wilczek).
Arthur Schnitzler : Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I a. II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014.
Tłumacz i przekład - wyzwania współczesności. (Translator and translation - contemporary challenges), Katowice: ŚLĄSK 2013 (co-editor: Piotr Wilczek).
Ödön von Horváth : Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume I a. II, Warszawa: ADiT 2012.
Rola tłumacza i przekładu w epoce wielokulturowości i globalizacji (Role of the translator and translation in the age of multiculturalism and globalization), Katowice: ŚLĄSK 2012 (co-editor: Piotr Wilczek).
German grammar for everyone, Warszawa: Poltext 2011.
Współczesne sztuki uznanych autorów niemieckich. Zbliżenia. Antologia (Contemporary pieces by well-known German authors. Approaches. Anthology), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2010.
Współczesne sztuki młodych autorów niemieckich. Końce świata. Antologia (Contemporary pieces by young German authors. World Declines. Anthology), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2010.

Article (selection)

"Lekarki" Rolfa Hochhutha na tle jego oskarżycielskiej twórczości literackiej ("The Doctors" by Rolf Hochhuth in comparison with his literary work of the prosecutor), in: Rolf Hochhuth: Lekarki ( Ärztinnen ), Warszawa: ADiT 2016, pp. 5–10.
Aspecty medyczne i rewolucyjne w dramacie Woyzeck Georga Büchnera (Medical and revolutionary aspects in the drama "Woyzeck" by Georg Büchner), in: Literatura piękna i medycyna (Schöngeistige literature and medicine), Kraków: Homini 2015, pp. 121–140.
Diagnozy wiedeńskiego lekarza albo dramaturgia Arthura Schnitzlera (diagnoses by a Viennese doctor or dramaturgy by Arthur Schnitzler), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 5–33.
"Przeciw głupocie i kłamstwu", czyli dramaturgia Ödöna von Horvátha ("Against stupidity and lies" or Ödön von Horváth's dramaturgy), in: Ödön von Horváth: Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume I, T Warszawa 2012, p. 5 -20.
W kręgu samotności, czyli kilka słów o dramaturgii austriackiej (In the circle of loneliness, or a few words on Austrian dramaturgy), in: Antologia nowych sztuk austriackich autorów (anthology of new plays by Austrian authors), Warszawa: ADiT 2012, pp. 5–16 .
O Wolfie Wondratschku i jego Strażaku (About Wolf Wondratschek and his firefighter), in: RED 2/12 2010, pp. 41–43.
Literatura austriacka w dobie faszyzmu (Austrian literature in the age of fascism), in: Philology issue 1, Zeszyty Naukowe 23/2009, pp. 23–35.
O Hermanie Brochu i Mowie pożegnalnej Hitlera (About Hermann Broch and Hitler's farewell speech), in: Odra no 5/2008, pp. 36–38.
“I find to invent.” Peter Härtling in conversation with Maciej Ganczar, in: Studia niemcoznawcze, Vol. XXXVII. Warszawa 2008, pp. 305-308.
A study of the identity of the artist Wilhelm Waiblinger in the novel "Waiblingers Augen" by Peter Härtling, in: W dialogu języków i culture. Warszawa 2007, pp. 313-322.
Peter Härtling's artist biography "Schumann's Shadow" - the documentary and the fictional, in: Studia niemcoznawcze, Vol. XXXII. Warszawa 2006, pp. 527-538.
The artist ETA Hoffmann in the novel "Hoffmann or The Diverse Love" by Peter Härtling. On processing the biographical in literary work, in: Studia niemcoznawcze, Vol. XXXI, Warszawa 2005, pp. 529-538.

Literary translations (selection)

Hochhuth Rolf : Lekarki ( doctors ), Warszawa: ADiT 2016.
Schnitzler Arthur : Partnerka ( The Companion ), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 417–434.
Schnitzler Arthur : Literatura ( literature ), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 489-517.
Schnitzler Arthur : Lalkarz (The Puppeteer), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 601–620.
Schnitzler Arthur : Mężny Kasjan (The brave Cassian), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 621–639.
Schnitzler Arthur : Rozmowa młodego krytyka ze starym (conversation between a young and an old critic), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 7-13.
Schnitzler Arthur : Intermezzo ( interlude ), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 15–88.
Schnitzler Arthur : Hrabianka Mizzi albo dzień z rodziną ( Countess Mizzi or The Family Day ), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 89–122.
Schnitzler Arthur : Godzina prawdy (hour of knowledge), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 369–398.
Schnitzler Arthur : Wielka scena (Large scene), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 399–440.
Schnitzler Arthur : Święto Bachusa (The Bacchus Festival), in: Arthur Schnitzler: Dramaty wybrane (Selected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2014, pp. 441–468.
Horváth Ödön by : Pod pięknym widokiem ( To the beautiful view ), in: Ödön by Horváth: Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2012, pp. 23–90.
Horváth Ödön by : Głową w mur (With the head through the wall), in: Ödön by Horváth: Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume I, Warszawa: ADiT 2012, pp. 415–486.
Horváth Ödön from : Wieś bez mężczyzn ( A village without men ), in: Ödön von Horváth: Dramaty zebrane (Collected Dramas), Volume II, Warszawa: ADiT 2012, pp. 257-330.
Genazino Wilhelm : Dobry Boże, spraw, żebym oślepł. Dramaty ( dear god make me blind ). Dramen, Warszawa: ADiT 2011. [pol. Premiere: November 3, 2012, Polish Radio Second Program, directed by Maciej Wojtyszko].
Broch Hermann : Rozgrzeszenie. Z powietrza wzięte. Dramaty (The Atonement. Out of thin air. Dramas), Warszawa: ADiT 2010.
Becker Marc : Końce świata (End of the World). ADiT, [pol. Premiere: March 16, 2012, HOTELOKO Theater, directed by Karolina Kirsz].
Becker Marc : My w finale (We in the final), ADiT.
Broch Hermann : Ostatni wybuch manii wielkości. Mowa pożegnalna Hitlera (Last outbreak of a great delusion: Hitler's farewell speech), in: Odra No. 5/2008, pp. 39–44.
Wondratschek Wolf : Strażak (Der Feuerwehrmann), in: RED 2/12 2010, pp. 44–49.

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personal data
SURNAME	Ganczar, Maciej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish literary scholar, Germanist, literary translator and author of textbooks for foreign and technical languages
DATE OF BIRTH	19th January 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH	Łódź