A Life Divided by the Atlantic. The Biography of Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski seen through the eyes of Beata Halicka Cover Image

Życie, które podzielił Atlantyk. Biografia Zbigniewa Anthony’ego Kruszewskiego
A Life Divided by the Atlantic. The Biography of Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski seen through the eyes of Beata Halicka

Author(s): Anna Tomczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: biography; Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski; emigration; Second World War; border studies

Summary/Abstract: This reflects on the biography of Zbigniew Anthony Kruszewski published by Beata Halicka in 2019 under the title Życie na pograniczach (Life in the borderlands). The article outlines the book which presents the most important information about the scholarship of this pioneer of border studies in the USA. It also presents the academic’s private life, including his childhood spent in Poland during the Second World War.

  • Issue Year: 12/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 245-257
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish