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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...
...Baranczak's release is very significant," Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature Emeritus, said yesterday. "Not only is he a specialist in literature, but he is also active politically, and will make an impact on both Polish and Western culture...
...four Polish experts spoke at a round table discussion yesterday, which they said they had planned hoping Baranczak would be present to join...
...Washington, neither U.S. nor Polish officials could confirm that Baranczak had received his passport, but both took optimistic tones...