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...result of the defeated uprisings has left a scar on the national psyche, a kind of ambivalence and fear that endure to this day. "On the one hand," says Social Historian Wiktor Osiatynski, "the Pole applauds the drive for democratic freedoms. On the other hand, not far below the surface roils the thought that previous such efforts for national salvation have ended in catastrophe...
Donald E. Fanger, chairman of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, first approached the 33-year-old Poznan native about a job here in the fall of 1977, after Wiktor Weintraub announced plans to retire from the Jurzykowski Professorship of Polish Languages and Literatures, the only such chair in the United States. The offer of a teaching post to Baranczak--who accepted it in March 1978--was made strictly on the basis of his academic credentials, which include several volumes of poetry, literary criticism and English translation...
...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...
...glad to hear this news. This had been dragging on for so long and had become a nightmare," Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Languages and Literatures Emeritus, said last night...
...Wiktor Weintraub, Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Languages and Literatures Emeritus, returned Wednesday from a visit to Poland and said the atmosphere had improved during the general easing of restrictions following the resolution of Poland's summer labor strikes...