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Tarnawski, Władysław, 1885-1951

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Personal name headingTarnawski, Władysław, 1885-1951
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Associated countryPoland Ukraine
LocatedPrzemyśl (Poland) Warsaw (Poland) Lwów (Poland) L'viv (Ukraine) Kraków (Poland)
Birth date18851103
Death date19510404
Place of birthPrzemyśl (Poland)
Place of deathWarsaw (Poland)
Field of activityEducation Literature Translating and interpreting English language
Education Teaching English (language) Translation (function)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Profession or occupationTeachers Translators
Found inJuljusz Cezar, 1925: title page (przełozł, oraz wstȩpem i objaśnieniami opatrzył Władysław Tarnawski)
NUKAT in VIAF, viewed 5 May 2015 (authorized access point: Tarnawski, Władysław, 1885-1951; English literary historian, translator and professor at the University of Lviv and the Jagiellonian University)
Wikipedia [Polish], viewed 5 May 2015 (Władysław Tawnawski; born November 3, 1951 in Przemyśl; died April 4, 1951 in Warsaw; professor and philologist. Studied at Uniwersytet Lwów; became a professor of English at Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego during the 1920s and 1930s; politically active in the National Party during Lwów's occupation by the Soviet and Nazi armies during the 1940s; forced to leave Lwów for Kraków in 1945. Taught briefly at Uniwersytet Jagielloński before being arrested and imprisoned for political activities in 1946. Died in prison in Mokotów [Warsaw]; buried in Cmentarzu na Powązkach in Warsaw.)
Associated languagepol