| LC control no. | n 81053786 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PG7160.N43 |
| Personal name heading | Andrzejewski, B. W. |
| Variant(s) | Andrzejewski, Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski, Bougumil W. Goosh, 1922-1994 Goosh, Macallin Macallin Goosh |
| Associated country | Poland England |
| Associated place | Somalia Kenya United States |
| Birth date | 1922 |
| Death date | 1994-12-02 |
| Place of birth | Poznań (Poland) |
| Field of activity | Somali literature Somali poetry Somali language--Orthography and spelling Oromo language Cushitic languages |
| Affiliation | BBC Somali Service |
| Profession or occupation | Linguists Language teachers Translators Poets |
| Found in | Author's Somali poetry, 1964. Islamic literature of Somalia, 1983: t.p. (B.W. Andrzejewski) Podróż do krajów legendarnych, 1985: t.p. (Bogumił Andrzejewski) cover p. 4 (b. 1922) Personal info from friend of author, 12/6/95 (full name: Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski; d. 12/2/94) Afmaal, 2015: page 219 (B. W. Andrzejewski; contribution: The introduction of a national orthography for Somali) page 231 (Andrzejewski Bougumil W. (Prof.), 1922-1994; he was known as "Prof. Guush" by Somalis; professor teaching Somali in the School of Oriental and African Studies of London, early 1950s until the 1980s; the most famous linguist among those working on Somali grammar and literature; translated a number of Somali poetic and prose productions) Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, v. 59, no. 1, 1996: pages 125-128 (Professor Bogumił Witalis Andrzejewski; born in Poznan in 1922; known to all as 'Goosh'; born in Poznan in 1922; escaped siege of Warsaw through Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey to Palestine; began learning English from a German textbook while in Hungary; upon arrival in Palestin he began military training, and started to learn Arabic and Hebrew, continuing English learning; posted to infantry unit in Egypt; escorted German prisoners of war from Port Suez to New York; acted as interpreter for Polish forces;spent time in a military hospital upon arrival in the UK, then a Polish artillery unit, then to the Royal Air Force; began correspondence course from Wolsey Hall, Oxford; granted leave from military service in 1944, began studying English at Oriel College, Oxford, already known as a poet in Polish; graduated in English/linguistics in 1947; began work with the Somali language in 1948, joining School of Oriental and African Studies, Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, as a linguist to help with development of Somali written script, working with Somali informants in London; in 1950 went to town of Sheikh [Somalia], began partnership with Somali poet and scholar Muuse Xaaji Ismaciil Galaal; upon return to London became lecturer in Cushitic languages at SOAS; began investigating Oromo, spent time in northern Kenya in 1957; also worked with the Somali Section of the BBC World Service, became known worldwide to Somalis as 'Macallin Guush" (Teacher Guush); took early retirement in 1982; health problems soon afterward; continued work on Somali poetics and on Somali Arabic writings; his research materials are deposited at Indiana University with copies at the SOAS library) |
| Associated language | pol eng som |
| Invalid LCCN | n 85121668 |
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