Samuel Sandler
Polish literature educator
Born Jan. 25, 1926, Lodz, Poland; came to U.S., 1970; son of Markus Goldman and Chana (Sandler); married Bella (Blaucwirn); child: Hanna.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in sociology), 1950, Ph.D. (in Polish philology), 1951, University of Wroclaw (Poland).
Career: senior research associate, Institute for Literature Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1951-57, 1962-69; associate prof., Department of Polish Literature, University of Lodz, 1957-60, 1962-69; associate prof. (Polish literature), Tel-Aviv University (Israel), 1969-72, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1970-72; prof., Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1972 -.
Author: Wokol Trylogii Henryka Sienkiewicza, 1952; Reduta Ordona w zyciu i w poezji, 1956; Studia nad Swietochowskim, 1957; Andrzej Strug wsrod ludzi podziemnych, 1959; Indianska przygoda Henryka Sienkiewicza, 1967; co-editor, Polish and Foreign Literatures Classics Series, 1951-69; over 70 articles, studies and essays; editor, over 12 books.
Member of: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); Association for Advancement of Polish Studies; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: scholarship, French Government, 1958-59; grant, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1986.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Russian.
Office: University of Chicago, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1130 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.