Henryk Ziomek
Romanist, educator
Born Jan. 8, 1922, Druzbin, Poland; came to U.S., 1954; son of Walenty and Jozefa (Fijalkowski); married Patricia (De Moor); children: Stanley, John, Paul.
Education: University of Warsaw (Poland), 1939-41; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 1955; Master of Arts (M.A.), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1956; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1960.
Career: assistant teacher, Indiana University, 1955-56, University of Minnesota, 1958-59; assistant prof., Wisconsin State University, Oshkosh, 1956-58,1959-60, Butler University, Indianapolis (IN), 1960-62; associate prof., Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, 1962-64, Ohio University, Athens, 1964-66; prof., 1966-92, prof. ementus, 1992 -, University of Georgia, Athens; visiting prof., University of Warsaw, 1978.
Author: Reflexiones del Quijote, 1971; Lo grotesco en la literatura espanola del Siglo de Oro, 1983; A History of Spanish Golden Age Drama, 1984; Compendio de la literatura espanola, 1986; editor, Lope de Vega, La nueua victoria de D. Gonzalo de Cordova, 1962, El poder en discreto, 1971, La prueba de los amigos, 1973; editor, Louis Velez de Guevara, La creacion del mundo, 1974, El principe vinador y el amor en vizcaino, 1975, Mas Pesa el rey que la sangre, y Blason de los Guzmanes, 1976; numerous articles on Spanish literature and book reviews in professional journals; abstractor, Kwartalnik Neofilologiczny, Zagadnienia Rodzajow Literackich (Poland), and Abstracts of English Studies, Revista de Occidente, Revista Nacional de Cultura.
Member of: Comediantes, Associacion Internacional de Hispanistas; MLA; South Atlantic MLA; American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; past member, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: grants, Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy, 1962, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1981, University of Georgia Research Foundation, 1990; delegate to seminar on Contemporary Poland and Eastern Europe, Institute of European Studies in America, 1986.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1941-44; Warsaw Uprising, 1944; Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany, 1944-45; interpreter in Reims (France) for U.S. Army, 1945-46.
Languages: Polish, Spanish, English, French, Latin, German.
Hobby: travel.
Home: 370 Rivermont Road, Athens, GA 30606.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.