Michał Głowiński

Early life Michał Głowiński was born in Warsaw on 4 November 1934. At the beginning of the Second World War, Głowiński and his family were placed in the ghetto in Pruszków and later transferred to the Warsaw Ghetto. Głowiński was taken to the Warsaw ghetto in 1939, at five years old. Głowiński was saved from the Warsaw Ghetto by Irena Sendler and placed in the care facility of the Congregation of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Servants in Turkowice. In his memoirs, Black Seasons, Głowiński devoted four chapters to the orphanage in Turkowice, where the cruelty of some children towards him is contrasted with the goodness of others. Głowiński and his parents stayed there until July 1942, when the Nazis ordered the liquidation of the ghetto. Half a million Jewish residents of the ghetto were taken to Umschlagplatz and from there to the Treblinka gas chambers. After initially hiding in a cellar, Głowiński and his parents were identified and selected for Treblinka. They were saved, though, thanks to a Jewish police officer, whom his father knew, and who helped them escape to Warsaw.

After the war Głowiński studied Polish studies at the University of Warsaw after the war and graduated with a master's degree in 1955. In 1954, Głowiński debuted with a study of Adolf Rudnicki's "Manfred." Głowiński was a scholarship holder at the Department of Theory of Literature under from 1955 to 1958. At the same time, Głowiński started to engage in critical practice, especially reviewing poetry collections in publications such as "Życie Literackie" and "Twórczoci. "

From 1958, Głowiński worked at the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute of Literary Study.

Głowiński joined the Scientific Courses Society as a founding member in 1978. Głowiński said that authorities looked more about his knowledge of Marxism rather than literacy. This book also was his public coming out as gay.

Awards and distinctions Głowiński had four honorary degrees.

Głowiński was nominated four times for the Nike Literary Award: in 1997 for Speech in a state of siege, in 1999 for Black Seasons, in 2001 for Ulysses' Day and other sketches on non-mythological topics, and in 2011 for Circles of Strangeness. On 11 December 2016, Głowiński received the Lodz Literary Award. Julian Tuwim, awarded to him for "not only literary but also ethical standards" and "commitment to the world's affairs."

Publications Tuwim's poetics and the Polish literary tradition (1962) Order, Chaos, Meaning (1968) Young Poland novel (1969) Novel Games (1973) Pickup Styles (1977) Newspeak in Polish (1990) Disguised Myths (1990) March talk. Comments on words. 1966-1971 (1991) Ritual and demagogy. Thirteen Sketches on Degraded Art (1992) Poetics and surroundings (1992) Peereliade. Comments on words. 1976-1981 (1993) Speech under siege. 1982-1985 (1996) The Underworld Presented: Sketches on the Poetry of Bolesław Leśmian (1998) Black Seasons (1998) The Ending (1999) Ulysses Day and Other Sketches on Non-mythological Subjects (2000) Magdalenka made of wholemeal bread (2001, novel) Gombrowicz and super-literature (2002) The History of One Poplar (2003) Wings and Heel (2004) Irony (2005) Footbridge over time (2006) Telimena's internal monologue and other sketches (2007) Plots discontinued. Little Sketches 1998–2007 (2008) The circles of alienation. An Autobiographical Tale (2010) Tsarist cup. Sixteen Stories (2016)