sentences:  Najder taught at Warsaw University as a professor of literature, co-edited the Polish monthly literary journal "Twórczość" ("Creation"), and was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute for Literary Studies.When martial law was declared in Poland on 13 December 1981, Najder was a visiting scholar at Oxford University.Choosing not to return to his native land, he took a position in Germany with Radio Free Europe (RFE), becoming chief of its Polish-language section in April 1982.