Jerzy Snopek

Jerzy Snopek (born 3 August 1952)[1] is a Polish literary historian and translator; he is presently serving as the country's ambassador to Hungary, a position he has held since 2016.

Prof.

Jerzy Snopek
Poland Ambassador to Hungary
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byRoman Kowalski
Personal details
Born (1952-08-03) August 3, 1952
NationalityPolish
Spouse(s)Márta Gedeon
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionLecturer

Life

Snopek has graduated from Polish philology at the University of Warsaw.[2] He gained there also doctoral degree. In 1993, he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation) at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presenting dissertation on the literary life in the Kraków area from 1750 to 1815.[3]

He has been working as a Polish literature lecturer at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (1985–1990). He was cooperating also with the Central European University at that time. Between 1991 and 1997 he was secretary at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, and between 1995 and 2006 he was holding a post of a scientific director at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary. In 2002 he was among the founders of the Warsaw University of Humanities where he has been lecturing for following 10 years. Since 2002 he has been an active member of the Stefan Żeromski Heritage Foundation.[4]

On 28 October 2016 Snopek was nominated to be the ambassador to Hungary,[5] and was subsequently presented with his letter of credence on 23 November 2016.[6]

He is married to Márta Gedeon.[6]

Works

Snopek authored over 400 articles, essays, including two books:

  • Jerzy Snopek, Objawienie i oświecenie: z dziejów libertynizmu w Polsce, Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Badań Literackich, Wrocław 1986.
  • Jerzy Snopek, Węgry: zarys dziejów i kultury, Jerzy Snopek, Warszawa 2002.

Translations

  • Antoni Cetnarowicz, Csaba G. Kiss, István Kovács (ed.), Węgry – Polska w Europie Środkowej: historia – literatura: księga pamiątkowa ku czci profesora Wacława Felczaka, Kraków: Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 1997.
  • István Kovács, Polacy w węgierskiej Wiośnie Ludów 1848–1849 : „Byliśmy z Wami do końca”, Warszawa 1999.
  • Csaba Gy. Kiss (ed.), Strażnik pamięci w czasach amnezji: Węgrzy o Herbercie, Warszawa 2008.

Honours

References
  1. "Jerzy Snopek, powiązany z FUNDACJA "AKADEMIA HUMANISTYCZNA"". monitorfirm.pl (in Polish). 2017-02-19. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  2. "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 41/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. "Ambasador". budapeszt.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 2018-04-12. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  5. "Nominacje dla ambasadorów w Stanach Zjednoczonych i na Węgrzech". web.archive.org (in Polish). 2017-02-06. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. "Diplomatic Corps - Details". kulugyminiszterium.hu (in Hungarian). 2019-05-25. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  7. "Węgry: polski ambasador odznaczony medalem". dzieje.pl (in Polish). 2018-06-04. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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