Jerzy Bartmiński Explained

Jerzy Bartmiński
Birth Date:19 September 1939
Birth Place:Przemyśl, Poland
Death Place:Lublin, Poland

Jerzy Bartmiński (19 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish linguist and ethnologist.

Biography

Bartmiński was born in Przemyśl to a Polish family of Galician craftsmen, moved to Lublin in 1956, where he lived until his death in 2022.

He studied Polish philology, and in 1971, he earned his PhD, focusing his research on the language of folklore.[1] As a young scholar at UMCS Lublin University together with his wife and children he established one of the first groups of home church Catholic Renewal movement in Poland.[2] In the 1980s, he took part in anti-communist activities as a member of Solidarity and was a University leader of this movement in Lublin. He was repressed after declaration of the Martial law in Poland in 1981.[3] Later, Bartmiński was one of the founders of "Solidarity of Families" movement and foundation, focusing on reactivation of social bonds in post-communist society, support for poor families, and educational support for children.[4]

Bartmiński died in Lublin on 7 February 2022, at the age of 82.[5]

Career

Bartmiński was member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences,[6] and professor of Polish philology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Poland.[7] From 1976 he led the research team that has been reorganized as the Department of Textology And Grammar of Contemporary Polish Language.[8] For several years Bartmiński had been the chairman of jury of folklore songs festival in Kazimierz Dolny, one of the biggest events of this kind in Central Europe. Bartmiński was a member of the Polish Language Council.[9]

He authored over 300 publications and books. One of his last books (2007), Linguistic Bases of the Perception of the World (Jezykowe podstawy obrazu swiata), is considered to be among the most significant Polish publications in the disciplines of the humanities.[10]

His research interests focused on textology, linguistic axiology, and ethnolinguistics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Bartminski. Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie. 26 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20071012033539/http://umcs.lublin.pl/pracownicy.php?id=167. 12 October 2007. dead.
  2. Web site: History of the Home Church movement in Poland . 26 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080416092415/http://www.oaza.lublin.pl/html/dk_historia.html . 16 April 2008 . dead .
  3. Web site: Jerzy Bartminski . https://web.archive.org/web/20100926141526/http://encyklopedia-solidarnosci.pl/wiki/index.php?title=Jerzy_Bartmi%C5%84ski. dead. 26 September 2010. Encyklopedia Solidarnosci. 26 May 2008.
  4. Book: Deptula, Ewa. Warto było. 249. Solidarność Rodzin. Agencja Wydawnicza Werset. 2006. Lublin, Poland. 83-60133-28-X.
  5. https://radio.lublin.pl/2022/02/nie-zyje-profesor-jerzy-bartminski/ Nie żyje profesor Jerzy Bartmiński
  6. Web site: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences - Members of Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. 15 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141014060122/http://pau.krakow.pl/index.php/en/2007022352/Members-of-Polish-Academy-of-Arts-and-Sciences.html. 14 October 2014. dead.
  7. Web site: Prof.dr hab.Jerzy Bartminski. Nauka Polska. 26 May 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134429/http://nauka-polska.pl/dhtml/raporty/ludzieNauki?rtype=opis&objectId=34530&lang=pl. 17 July 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Zaklad Tekstologii i Gramatyki Wspolczesnego Jezyka Polskiego . Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie . 26 May 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612040013/http://www.umcs.lublin.pl/jednostki.php?id=221 . 12 June 2011 .
  9. Web site: Informacje o Radzie. Rada Jezyka Polskiego. 26 May 2008.
  10. Web site: Linguistic bases of the perception of the world; Jerzy Bartminski. www.ksiazki.tv. 26 May 2008.