What is Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński?
[[Image:2008.04.17 Edmund Wnuk Lipinski Fot. Mariusz Kubik 02.jpg|right|250px|thumb|'''Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński''', [[Warsaw]], April 17, 2008]] '''Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński''' (4 May 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a [[Polish people|Polish]] professor of [[sociology]]. He was the founder and first head of the [[Polish Academy of Sciences]] [[Institute of Political Studies]], Rector of [[Collegium Civitas]] in Warsaw. He was a Fellow at the [[Institute of Human Sciences]] in [[Vienna]], the [[University of Notre Dame]], and [[Wissenschaftskolleg]] in [[Berlin]].<ref name=berlin>[http://192.55.244.191/index.php?L=0&id=195 Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin]</ref><ref name=cc>{{Cite web |url=http://www.civitas.edu.pl/faculty_and_visiting_scholars#edmund |title=Biography at Collegium Civitas |access-date=2015-01-04 |archive-date=2011-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008025306/http://www.civitas.edu.pl/faculty_and_visiting_scholars#edmund |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a member of the Polish National Council for Civil Service and the National Council for European Integration. Wnuk-Lipiński was born in [[Sucha, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship|Sucha]]. He was the author of a [[social fiction]] [[dystopia]] trilogy, ''Apostezjon'' (''Wir pamieci'', ''Rozpad polowiczny'', ''Mord zalozycielski''). He was the winner of [[Janusz A. Zajdel Award]] in 1988 for ''Rozpad polowiczny''.<ref name=nagroda>Laureaci Nagrody Fandomu Polskiego im. Janusza A. Zajdla, (Laureates of the Janusz A. Zajdla Award) [http://zajdel.fandom.art.pl/laureaci.html]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,117915,17209160,Prof__Edmund_Wnuk_Lipinski_nie_zyje.html|title=Prof. Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński nie żyje|publisher=gazeta.pl|date=4 January 2015|language=pl}}</ref> Wnuk-Lipiński died in [[Warsaw]], Poland, aged 60. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wnuk-Lipinski, Edmund}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Polish academics]] [[Category:Polish sociologists]] {{bio-stub}}