Adam Maldzis Explained

Adam Maldzis
Native Name:Адам Мальдзіс
Native Name Lang:be
Birth Date:7 August 1932
Birth Place:Rasoły, Ashmyany District, Poland (now in Astraviec District, Belarus)
Education:Doctor of Philology
Alma Mater:Belarusian State University
Occupation:Historian, literary critic, author and journalist
Employer:the Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Awards:Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal

Adam Maldzis (7 August 1932 – 3 January 2022) was a Belarusian historian, literary critic, author and journalist. He was described as "a patriarch of Belarusian humanities", "an excellent connoisseur of literature" and "a living bridge between Belarus and the scholars of Belarusian studies around the world". He was “the author of unique studies of the ”.[1]

Life and career

Maldzis was born in the village of Rasoly, Oszmiany District, Poland (now in Astraviec District of Belarus) – a place on a cross-road of "different influences – national, religious and cultural".[2] At school he began publishing articles in children's periodicals.

He earned a degree in journalism from the Belarusian State University followed by postgraduate studies at the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literature of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences. In 1962–1991, Maldzis worked at the Institute of Literature of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus. His main academic interest and specialism was in Belarusian-Polish and Belarusian-Lithuanian literary connections.[3]

Despite strict ideological control in the Soviet Belarus, Maldzis managed to publish a review of Arnold McMillin's A History of Byelorussian Literature from Its Origins to the Present Day (1977) – the first English-language history of Belarusian literature.[4]

In 1982, Maldzis was the first scholar from the Soviet Belarus to spend a considerable amount of time at the Belarusian Library in London working with the materials unavailable to researchers at home due to censorship.

In 1990, he made a public statement – the first in the BSSR – calling for the acknowledgement of the important and positive role of the Uniate Church in the history of Belarus.[5]

In 1987, Maldzis became the head of the restitution commission of the Belarusian Cultural Fund. In 1991, he founded the International Association of Belarusian Studies. In the same year, he founded the Francis Skaryna National Research and Education Centre; he was its director in 1991–98. Maldzis served on the board of the Association of Belarusians of the World Baćkauščyna (Motherland).[6]

Maldzis died on 3 January 2022, at the age of 89.[7]

Notable works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Памёр літаратуразнавец Адам Мальдзіс. Literary Critic Adam Maldzis died. live. 2022-01-03. www.svaboda.org. be. https://web.archive.org/web/20220103165218/https://www.svaboda.org/amp/31637736.html . 2022-01-03 .
  2. Web site: У Ашмянах прайшла сустрэча з беларускім літаратуразнаўцам Адамам Мальдзісам — Ошмяны. Ошмянский вестник. Ашмянскi веснiк. 29 November 2011 . A meeting with Belarusian literary critic Adam Maldzis was held in Ašmiany. live. 2022-01-03. be. https://web.archive.org/web/20140326190100/http://www.osh.by/?p=5495 . 2014-03-26 .
  3. Book: Беларуская эцыклапедыя: У 18 т. Т. 10: Малайзія — Мугаджары. БелЭн. 2000. 985-11-0169-9. Пашкоў. Г.П.. 10. Мінск. 43. be. Belarusian Encyclopaedia: in 18 vols. V. 10. 2022-01-03.
  4. Book: Ivanou, Ihar. Between the lands from Poland to Russia via Belarus and Ukraine: a journey through cinema, history, literature, memory and music : papers from the Symposium to mark the 75th birthday of Prof. Arnold McMillin, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, 23-25 june 2016. Centrum Badań Europy Wschodniej Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie. 2018. 978-83-61605-07-2. Dingley. Jim. Olsztyn. 87–102. en. Professor Arnold McMillin and the Skaryna Library in London: Their Roles in the Promotion of Belarusian Studies. 1032304082.
  5. Мальдзіс. Адам. 1990. "Мы павінны зьмяніць свае адносіны да Уніі". We should change our perception of the Union. Унія. be. Менск. 1. 21. 2022-01-03. 2022-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20221014212325/https://www.unija.by/1-1990/maldzis. dead.
  6. Web site: 2021-09-24. Сёння ліквідавалі "Бацькаўшчыну" – RH.by. Today “Backauscyna” was liquidated. live. 2022-01-03. be. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924103336/https://rh.by/2021/09/24/likvidavali/ . 2021-09-24 .
  7. Web site: Памёр Адам Мальдзіс. Adam Maldzis died. live. 2022-01-03. Наша Ніва. 3 January 2022 . be. https://web.archive.org/web/20220103205228/https://nashaniva.com/?c=ar&i=282580 . 2022-01-03 .
  8. Web site: Ceremony in Minsk marks 80th birthday of renowned literary scholar Adam Maldzis - EuroBelarus. 2022-01-03. en.eurobelarus.info. en.
  9. Web site: An Unparalleled Authority on the History of Belarusian Literature. 2022-01-03. blogs.bl.uk. en.
  10. Web site: Belarusian researcher Adam Maldzis turned 85. live. 2022-01-03. СТВ. https://web.archive.org/web/20220103205218/http://www.ctv.by/node/548391 . 2022-01-03 .

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