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Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, pseudonym Karol de Johne, (1890–1949) was highly acclaimed Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature. Associated with a poetical group Skamander.
Biography
Zawodziński was born on June 1, 1890 in Warsaw. In the years of 1908–1913 he studied a Roman philology at the University of Saint Petersburg. In 1914 he joined Polish Legions and during the years of 1918–1932 was an officer in a Polish Army.
In 1921 he made his own debut as a literary critic in Przegląd Warszawski, where he also published his own poetry works, later collected in Descour under pseudonym Karol de Johne. Zawodziński was awarded Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature (Polish: Złoty Wawrzyn Polskiej Akademii Literatury). In 1946 he became a professor of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.
He died on December 14, 1949 in Toruń.
Notable works
- Maria Dąbrowska. Historyczno-literackie znaczenie jej twórczości (1933)
- Zarys wersyfikacji polskiej (Outline of Polish versification), vol. 1–2 (1936–1954)
- Blaski i nędze realizmu powieściowego w latach ostatnich (1937)
- Liryka polska w dobie jej kryzysu (1939)
- Stulecie trójcy powieściopisarzy (1947)
- Works published posthumously
- Studia z wersyfikacji polskiej (1954)
- Opowieści o powieści (1963)
- Wśród poetów (1964)