Mikolaj Siwicki

Mikołaj Siwicki (ukr. Микола Сивiцький, Mykoła Sywićkyj, 20 October 1917 - died 13 January 2004) - Ukrainian historian and literary critic. PhD in Ukrainian (literature).

Biography

In 1939 was arrested by the NKVD and spent 5 years incarcerated in the Soviet Gulag. At the end of his incarceration walked back to his childhood home, enlisted in the Polish Army and took part in the taking of Berlin where he lost a leg. As a decorated invalid Polish soldier he was able to receive government subsidies to complete his tertiary education.

Completed his studies at University of Warsaw (graduated in 1956), doctorate at University of Krakow in 1983 under professor Ryszard Łużny with a dissertation on the Ukrainian writer and university professor Bohdan Łepky.

Editor of the weekly newspaper "Nasze Słowo" (1956-1960).

From 1956 Mykoła Siwicki lived in Warsaw Bródnie.

* Numerous articles in journals such as "Slavia Orientalis”, "Studia Polono-Slavica- Orientalia. Acta Litteraria”.
* "Dzieje konfliktów polsko-ukraińskich" - about the Polish-Ukrainian conflicts in the XX century.

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Publications

*Mikołaj Siwicki - Dzieje konfliktów polsko-ukraińskich. T.I, II, III, Warszawa 1994. Studia polsko- ukraińskie. Materiały z konferencji naukowej. Kamieniec Podolski, 29-31 May 1992, Kiev-Przemyśl 1993
*Mikołaj Siwicki, Zapysky siroho volyniaka, Kiev 1996 , 2000, (ukr.) - Микола Сивицький - "Записки сірого волиняка." - 2-е вид. - К.: Вид-во ім. О. Теліги, 2000.
* Mikołaj Siwicki - Paradoksy doby, Kijów 2000, (ukrainian)- Микола Сивицький - "Парадокси доби.", Вид-во ім. О. Теліги, 2000.
*Mikołaj Siwicki - Obchody jubileuszowe Bohdana Łepkiego w Polsce. (1972 r. referat) Ukraina (1991 r. referat)

Biography

* Ola Hnatiuk, Literatura ukraińska w pracach Instytutu Slawistyki PAN, w: 50 lat slawistki w Polskiej Akademii Nauk (1954-2004). Księga jubileuszowa Instytutu Slawistyki PAN, SOW, Warszawa 2004