What is Maria Janion?
{{infobox writer | image = Maria Janion by Zbigniew Kresowaty.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Maria Janion, portrait by Zbigniew Kresowaty | name = Maria Janion | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Mońki]], [[Poland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|8|23|1926|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Warsaw]], Poland | alma_mater = [[University of Warsaw]] | occupation = literary critic | notableworks = ''The Project of Phantasmatic Criticism'' (1991)<br />''Romanticism, Revolution, Marxism'' (1972) | awards = }} '''Maria Janion''' (24 December 1926 – 23 August 2020) was a Polish scholar, critic and [[:wikt:theoretician|theoretician]] of literature. She was a Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the [[Polish Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/04/new-europe-poland-reading-publishing|title=What they're reading in Poland|last=Gozlinski|first=Pawel|date=4 April 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=19 April 2011}}</ref> Janion was also a member of the [[Polish Academy of Learning]]. She has an [[honorary degree]] of the [[Gdańsk University]]. Between the years 1948 to 1978 she was an active member of [[Polish United Workers' Party]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Janion, Maria}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Polish academics]] [[Category:Polish writers]] [[Category:Literary critics]] {{bio-stub}}