Edward Joseph Czerwinski
educator - Slavic and comparative literature, editor
Born Jun. 6, 1929, Erie (PA), U.S.; son of Joseph and Anna (Branecka).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Grove City College, 1951; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in English and drama), Penn State University, 1955; Emory University, Atlanta (GA), 1955-57; Indiana University, 1960-61; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in Russian), 1964, Ph.D., 1965., University of Wisconsin.
Career: instructor (English), Georgia Institute of Technology, 1957-59; assistant prof., McNeese State College (LA), 1959-60; associate prof., University of Pittsburgh (PA), 1965-66; associate prof., chairman, Slavic Department, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1966-67; associate prof., University of Kansas, 1967-70; prof., 1970-93, prof. emeritus, 1993 -, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook; editor, Polish literature section, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1975-78; editor, Slavic and East European Theater Journal, Slavic and East European Art, 1982 -.
Author: Theater in Poland 1962-63 (pamphlet manual), 1962-64; The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia: The Effects on East Europe, 1972; Contemporary Polish Theater and Drama (1956-84), 1988; editor, Dictionary of Polish Literature, 1994; articles i.a. in: The Polish Review, Books Abroad, The Slavic and East European Journal, Comparative Drama, Drama and Theater, Canadian Slavic Studies, Michigan Quarterly Review, World Literature Today, Modern Drama; numerous poems, short stories, translations, lectures.
Member of: editorial boards member, Comparative Drama, World Literature Today, Twentieth Century Literature; founder, director, board trustees president, Slavic Culture Center, since 1970; at State University of New York (SUNY) - chairman, Committee on Academic Exchanges with Poland, 1973-76, Senate Resources Committee, 1982-83, graduate committee member, Department of Theater Arts, and Department of Comparative Literature.
Honors, i.a.: grants, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1962-64, W. Roohr Foundation, 1963, University of Wisconsin, 1963-64, Fulbright Foundation, 1968-69, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), 1986, 1987, 1988; inter-universities travel grants to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, 1969, and Bulgaria, 1971; Man of the Year in Culture, The Three Village Herald, 1973, and American Council of Polish Arts Leagues of America, 1986; Amicus Poloniae award, 1974; Distinguished Professor award, New York State Teachers of Foreign Languages, 1975; listed in: Who's Who in the East, 1980, Who's Who in America, 1982, Who's Who in the World, 1982, Who's Who in New York, 1986.
Languages: English, Polish, Russian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian.
Home: 341 W. 47th St. #4R, New York, NY 10036.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996