Stefan Żółkiewski

Stefan Żółkiewski
Minister of Higher Education
In office 27 April 1956 – 18 June 1959
Prime Minister	Józef Cyrankiewicz
First Secretary	Edward Ochab (1956) Władysław Gomułka (1956–1959)
Preceded by	Adam Rapacki
Succeeded by	Henryk Golański
Personal details
Born	Stefan Jakub Żółkiewski (1911-12-09)9 December 1911 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	4 January 1991(1991-01-04) (aged 79) Warsaw, Poland
Resting place	Powązki Military Cemetery
Political party	Polish United Workers' Party

Stefan Jakub Żółkiewski (9 December 1911 – 4 January 1991) was a Polish theoretist, historian of literature and literary critic. He was born and died in Warsaw. He was a co-founder of the Polish Workers' Party, editor-in-chief of Kuźnica (1945–1948), Polityka (1957–1958), Minister of Higher Education (1956–1959), director and professor of Polish Academy of Sciences and professor of Warsaw University.

Notable works

• Kultura, socjologia, semiotyka literacka
• Kultura literacka 1918–1932 (a monograph)

References

• "Żółkiewski Stefan". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 2006-11-23.