Halina Filipowicz
Polonist, educator, author
Born 1947, Moscow, U.S.R.R.; came to U.S., 1974; daughter of Antoni and Kazimiera (Kurtiak).
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1969; Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1979.
Career: assistant prof., 1982-89, associate prof., 1989 -, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Author, i.a.: Eugene 0'Neill, 1975; A Laboratory of Impure Forms: the Plays of Tadeusz Rozewicz, 1991; chapters in: Slavic Drama: The Question of Innovation, Zobaczyc poete, and Dramat i teatr polskiej emigracji; articles in: Canadian Theatre Review, The Polish Review, Slavic and East European Journal, The Drama Review, Modern Drama, Theatre Quarterly, Shakespeare Quarterly, Performing Arts Journal, Themes in Drama, Theater Journal, and in Poland - Odra, Dialog, Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, Wspolczesnosc, Teksty Drugie, Tygodnik Powszechny.
Member of, i.a.: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL) (president, Wisconsin chapter); Modern Language Association (MLA); American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
Honors: fellowships, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1981-82, 1988-89, Radcliffe College, 1985, 1986, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1992-93; faculty recognition award, University of Wisconsin, 1983.
Office: University of Wisconsin, Department of Slavic Languages, 1220 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996