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Jerzy Snopek

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Prof.
Jerzy Snopek
Poland Ambassador to Hungary
In office
16 November 2016 – 31 March 2022
Preceded byRoman Kowalski
Succeeded bySebastian Kęciek
Personal details
Born (1952-08-03) 3 August 1952 (age 72)
Wrząca
NationalityPolish
SpouseMárta Gedeon
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
ProfessionLecturer

Jerzy Snopek (born 3 August 1952, Wrząca)[1] is a Polish literary historian and translator. He served as an ambassador to Hungary from 2016 to 2022.

Life

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Snopek graduated from Polish philology at the University of Warsaw.[2] He gained there also doctoral degree. In 1993, he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation) at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presenting a dissertation on the literary life in the Kraków area from 1750 to 1815.[3]

He worked as a Polish literature lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (1985–1990). He co-operated also with the Central European University at that time. Between 1991 and 1997, he was secretary at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, and between 1995 and 2006 he held the post of scientific director at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary. In 2002, he was among the founders of the Warsaw University of Humanities where he lectured for the following ten years. Since 2002, he has been an active member of the Stefan Żeromski Heritage Foundation.[4]

On 28 October 2016, Snopek was nominated to be the ambassador to Hungary,[5] and was subsequently presented with his letter of credence on 23 November 2016.[6] He ended his term on 31 March 2022.[7]

He is married to Márta Gedeon.[6]

Works

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Snopek wroteauthored over 400 articles and essays, and two books:

  • Jerzy Snopek, Objawienie i oświecenie: z dziejów libertynizmu w Polsce, Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Badań Literackich, Wrocław 1986.
  • Jerzy Snopek, Węgry: zarys dziejów i kultury, Jerzy Snopek, Warszawa 2002.

Translations

  • Antoni Cetnarowicz, Csaba G. Kiss, István Kovács (ed.), Węgry – Polska w Europie Środkowej: historia – literatura: księga pamiątkowa ku czci profesora Wacława Felczaka, Kraków: Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 1997.
  • István Kovács, Polacy w węgierskiej Wiośnie Ludów 1848–1849 : „Byliśmy z Wami do końca”, Warszawa 1999.
  • Csaba Gy. Kiss (ed.), Strażnik pamięci w czasach amnezji: Węgrzy o Herbercie, Warszawa 2008.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Jerzy Snopek". Monitorfirm (in Polish). 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 41/". www.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 4 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Nowa Nauka Polska". nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Ambasadordate=12 April 2018". budapeszt.msz.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Nominacje dla ambasadorów w Stanach Zjednoczonych i na Węgrzech". msz.gov.pl (in Polish). 6 February 2017. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Diplomatic Corps - Details". kulugyminiszterium.hu (in Hungarian). 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 marca 2022 r. nr 110.7.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 17 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Węgry: polski ambasador odznaczony medalem". dzieje.pl (in Polish). 4 June 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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