Word: baranczak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Four Harvard scholars--all native Poles--yesterday called the release of Polish dissident scholar Stanislaw Baranczak a sign that the country is becoming more liberal, but they said they were unsure how long the current climate would last...
...Baranczak, a 33-year-old poet, essayist and literary critic from Poznan, Poland, was granted a passport by the Polish government this week after seven refusals. A founding member in 1976 of the Committee for Social Self-Defense, Poland's most prominent dissident group. Baranczak first applied for the passport in March, 1978, when he accepted a three-year associate professorship in Harvard's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures...
Romuald Spasowski, Poland's ambassador to the U.S., said when contacted last night that "I don't see any difficulty" in Baranczak's coming here. A State Department spokesman said "we understand there's some movement in the case" but would not go further...
...Baranczak's family--his wife. Anna, 10-year-old son Michel and three-year-old daughter Ania--were also granted passports yesterday and will accompany him here. His exact travel plans are not yet set, his mother said...
...founding member in 1976 of the Committee for Social Self-Defense (KOR). Poland's most prominent dissident group, Baranczak is the author of several volumes of poetry and criticism and has edited and translated the works of e. e. cummings, Dylan Thomas and others