Władysław Panas (1947–2005) ENGLISH VERSION
City is a book, it can also be that city is a poem – professor Panas was the first to treat a particular city that way. Thanks to this he became the discoverer of magical Lublin and its multiculturality. He was also an writers of Jewish origin works interpreter. He gave inspiring lectures, wrote numerous articles and books which put works by Brunon Schulz in new light.
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[Collapse]Place of Birth
Władysław Ludwik Panas, literature theoretician and historian, was born on 28th March, 1947, in Western Pomerania. He was born in Dębica, in Kołobrzeg poviat. He passed matura exam in 1966 in a High School in Kołobrzeg.
Student years
He started studies on Polish Philology in the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. There, he took part in famous March demonstrations. In March 1968 he took part in students' protest – which led to his arrest by SB (communist Security Service) on the second day. He was sentenced to two years in prison, and later relegated from the university.
Then, he came to continue his studies in Lublin in The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). His debut was a critical essay on Tadeusz Gajcy's poetry in "Polonista" magazine. In 1972, he completed the faculty of Polish Philology and defended his MA thesis – On the Concept of Language in Bruon Schulz prose.
In the 1970s he cooperated with the underground periodical "Spotkania".
He was editing staff member of "Miesiące" in the period when the "Solidarity" was forming. During the martial law he wrote articles under different pseudos.
Didactic Work
Professional Fascinations
He actively supported promotion of Schulz's works in his hometown, where he became the się spiritus movens of establishing Museum of Brunon Schulz and the International Festival in Drohobycz. He organized the biggest scientific and cultural session in Poland on 110th anniversary of Brunon Schulz's birth and the 60th anniversary of his death. Drohobycz in Ukraine was a town dear to him, which is proven by his last book.
Awards
Major Publications
Władysław Panas, "W kręgu metody semiotycznej", Lublin 1991.
Władysław Panas, "Pismo i rana. Rzecz o problematyce żydowskiej w literaturze polskiej", Lublin 1996.
Władysław Panas, "Księga blasku. Traktat o kabale w prozie Brunona Schulza", Lublin 1997.
Władysław Panas, "Bruno od Mesjasza. Rzecz o dwóch ekslibrisach oraz jednym obrazie i kilkudziesięciu rysunkach Brunona Schulza", Lublin 2001.
Władysław Panas, "Oko Cadyka", Lublin 2004.
Władysław Panas, "Tajemnica siódmego anioła. Cztery interpretacje", Lublin 2005.
Władysław Panas, "Willa Bianki. Mały przewodnik drohobycki dla przyjaciół", Lublin 2006.
Władysław Panas, "Znak kabalistyczny. O "Poemacie" Józefa Czechowicza. Fragmenty", Lublin 2006.
He died on 24 January, 2005. He was buried on the cemetary at Lipowa St.
We thank Professor Panas's family: wife Teresa and children: Marta, Paweł and Rafal
for help with creating the site and for texts and documents from their famil archive.