Chrisopher D. Kamyszew
Museum curator and director, translator
Born May 7, 1958, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1982; son of Mieczyslaw and Zofia (Kubik); married Joanna (Rytel); child: Oliver.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Warsaw, 1984; Columbia College, Chicago (IL), 1984; University of Chicago (IL), 1992.
Career: free-lance writer and theater director, 1977-1984; director of archives, 1985-1988, director and curator, 1988 -, Polish Museum of America, Chicago; director, Polish Film Festival in U.S., 1989 -.
Author: editor, L. F. Celine, The Collected Works, 1981, L. Tyrmand, Essays, 1983; translator, L. F. Celine, Podroz do kresu nocy, 1984, J. Ortega Y. Gasset, Szkice o milosci, 1989, J. Cirlot, Slownik symboli tradycyjnych, 1992; curator, over 50 exhibitions in U.S., 1987-94.
Member of: International Independent Theater Foundation (president, 1985-86), Washington (DC); president, Institute of Symbological Research, Chicago; International Committee of Museums; American Association of Museums; Association of Midwest Museums.
Honors: scholarship, Wiehman Foundation, 1981; annual awards, Polish Translators Association, and, Foundation of Friends for Museums, 1991; award for the most progressive young curators, American Association of Museums, 1992; Paderewski Medal, Polish Government.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, Russian.
Hobbies: classical music, reading, skiing.
Home: 8631 N. Ferris Ave., Morton Grove, IL 60053.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996