Kazimierz Wyka

Kazimierz Wyka studied at Jagiellonian University. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is member of parliament. Employment is recorded with Jagiellonian University. Positions recorded include member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic. Distinctions recorded are Work Flag Order, 1st class, Work Flag Order, 2nd class and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

• Name — Kazimierz Wyka • Born — 19 March 1910 • Birthplace — Krzeszowice • Died — 19 January 1975 • Place of death — Kraków • Occupation — Literary historian, literary critic

Wyka was the son of Wojciech Wyka, a small sawmill owner, and Maria née Piętakiewicz, born and raised in Krzeszowice. He studied at the Jagiellonian University and during the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany remained safely with the family in his small town. He became active politically only after the Soviet takeover, and obtained a position as a professor at his Alma mater in 1948. In 1952 Wyka co-founded and ran the Polish–Soviet Friendship Society (Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Radzieckiej), a cover for the direct Soviet propaganda in Poland, which enabled him to also remain a Member of Parliament in 1952–56 before the collapse of Stalinism during the Polish October. Notably Wyka signed the so-called "Letter of 34" (List 34) against censorship, delivered in March 1964 to the Council of Ministers (Poland) and then passed on to The Times. However, the resulting uproar in the communist party circles prompted Wyka to sign a counter letter against it, claiming that the Radio Free Europe spreads false information about the Soviet repressions in Poland, which in its own right was an obscene lie, wrote Norman Davies. Wyka was one of only two men who strategically withdrew their names from the original list to save their own jobs at the last moment. Ireneusz Opacki was among his doctoral students; and Janina Garycka was among his students. His daughter Marta Wyka became a literary critic and literary historian.

In 1980, the president (mayor) of Kraków established the commemorative Kazimierz Wyka Award in the field of literary criticism, essay, and history of literature. The award was given annually.