Word: baranczak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stanislaw Baranczak, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, arrived in Cambridge last spring after a long struggle to obtain an exit visa...
Stanislaw Baranczak, associate professor of Slavic Studies, called Milosz an activist in the struggle against the "tyranny" of language and added that the poet--who joined the Faculty as a visiting professor this year--believes that "We don't use language--language uses...
...Baranczak--a Polish scholar and dissident who has written three works of literary criticism--said his colleague seeks clarity in language and authenticity of detail...
Milosz's poetry contrasts favorably with the contemporary language of mass culture. Baranczak said, concluding his half-hour discussion by quoting Milosz: "We are endowed with language; we should make the best use of what we have...
Concerning his own involvement with the committee, Baranczak said he is perhaps most proud of the role he played in helping start up several publishing firms, the largest of which is the Independent Publishing House (NOWA...