What is Wojciech Karpiński?
[[File:Wojciech Karpinski by Kubik 01.jpg|thumb|Wojciech Karpiński]] '''Wojciech Karpiński''' (11 May 1943 &ndash; 18 August 2020) was a Polish writer, [[History of ideas|historian of ideas]] and literary critic. He was born in [[Warsaw]]. Karpiński made his writing debut in 1964 with an essay on [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)|François de La Rochefoucauld]]. He went on to publish in ''[[Kultura]]'', ''Res Publica'', ''Tygodnik Powszechny'', ''[[Znak (publisher)|Znak]]'', ''Zeszyty Literackie'' and ''[[Gazeta Wyborcza]]''. Between 1982 and 2008 he worked as a researcher of the [[Centre national de la recherche scientifique|Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris]]. He has taught at the [[University of Texas]] in Austin (1990) and [[New York University]] (1994–95, invited by [[Tony Judt]]).<ref>Jadwiga Czachowska, Alicja Szałagan, Współcześni Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik biobibliograficzny. Vol. 4, Warsaw 1996; see also: [http://www.encysol.pl/wiki/Wojciech_Franciszek_Karpiński Online Encyclopedia of Solidarnosc] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20160811155055/http://www.encysol.pl/wiki/Wojciech_Franciszek_Karpi%C5%84ski |date=2016-08-11 }}</ref> Karpiński died on 18 August 2020 in [[Paris]] at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 2020-08-19|title=Wojciech Karpiński nie żyje. W pandemii zdążył stworzyć antologię, o której marzył |trans-title= Wojciech Karpiński died. During the pandemic he managed to create an antology he had been dreaming of|url=http://wiez.com.pl/2020/08/19/wojciech-karpinski-nie-zyje-w-pandemii-zdazyl-stworzyc-antologie-o-ktorej-marzyl/ |language= pl|work=www.wiez.com.pl |location= |access-date=2020-08-19 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpinski, Wojciech}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Polish historians]] [[Category:Literary critics]] [[Category:Writers from Paris]] [[Category:Writers from Warsaw]] {{bio-stub}}