About Ireneusz Kania
Lived 1940 – 2023 (aged 83). Ireneusz Kania was a Polish translator, polyglot, university teacher, essayist, tibetologist and literary critic.
Ireneusz Kania (19 September 1940 – 7 October 2023) was a translator, essayist and literary critic.
Biography The son of Stefan Kania, craftsman, and Wanda née Muszalska. From 1959 to 1964 he studied Romance philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Works Books
Translations into Polish Source: Bardo Thodol Mircea Eliade, Occultism, Witchcraft and Cultural Fashions
Awards Kraków Book of the Month Award for Muttavali. Księga wypisów starobuddyjskich (May 1999) Officer's Cross of the (2004)
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Who was Ireneusz Kania?
Polish translator and polyglot
When was Ireneusz Kania born?
Ireneusz Kania was born on 19 September 1940 in Wieluń.
When did Ireneusz Kania die?
Ireneusz Kania died on 9 October 2023 in Kraków.
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Ireneusz Kania was a translator, polyglot, university teacher, essayist, tibetologist and literary critic.
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Ireneusz Kania was Polish.
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