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Stefan Chwin

Stefan Chwin was a Polish pedagogue, writer, literary critic, literary historian, graphic artist and literary scholar (born 1949). He was born at Gdańsk.

Also recorded as Max Lars.

Stefan Chwin in brief

Born
1949
Known for
pedagogue, writer, literary critic, literary historian, graphic artist and literary scholar
Place of birth
Gdańsk
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Identity and origins

He also worked under the name Max Lars. The authorities additionally record the heading Max Lars. His recorded languages were Polish and German.

He married Krystyna Chwin.

Career and activity

Stefan Chwin worked in literature and visual arts.

He was employed by University of Gdańsk. He belonged to Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich. He worked at Gdańsk.

Recognition and collections

Stefan Chwin received Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Kościelski Award, Andreas Gryphius Prize, Paszport Polityki, Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis‎ and Gold Cross of Merit‎.

Catalogued works

28 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1993 to 2006.

Death in Danzig. Srebrzysko. Opowiadania dla Krystyny. Wspólna Kąpiel. Miłość we Wrocławiu. Krótka historia pewnego żartu. Romantyczna przestrzeń wyobraźni. Ludzie-skorpiony. Stätten des Erinnerns. Bez autorytetu. Esther. Dziennik dla dorosłych. Samobójstwo jako doświadczenie wyobraźni. Miłosz. Samobójstwo i "grzech istnienia". Panna Ferbelin. Die Gouvernante, dated 2003. Hanemann. Dolina Radosci. Zona prezydenta. Doctor Hanemann, dated 2006. Dolina radości, dated 2006. Kartki z dziennika, dated 2004. Krótka historia pewnego żartu, dated 1999. Literatura i zdrada, dated 1993. Żona prezydenta, dated 2005. Tod in Danzig, dated 1999. Złoty pelikan, dated 2002.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Chwin, Stefan: Hanemann, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Umysł wschodni. „Obłęd antypolski Rosjan”. Rozmawiają Stefan Chwin, Zbigniew Kaźmierczyk i Bartosz Dąbrowski, Studia Rossica Gedanensia, 2025. Chwin, Stefan, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Gedächtnisarchäologie. Die Stadt Danzig/Gdańsk bei Stefan Chwin, Tabu und Tabubruch, 2002. Stefan Chwin: Der goldene Pelikan (2003/2008), Der Campusroman, 2025. Polska pamięć – dzisiaj. Co pozostaje? Trwały ślad i mechanizmy niepamiętania, Teksty Drugie, 2016. Two paradigms of suicide or two acts of voluntary death? Heinrich von Kleist and Jean Améry, Przestrzenie Teorii, 2012. Przekład literacki jako postpamięć w podróży, Politeja, 2017. Gombrowicz’s sins against freedom. On the ethical project presented in Ferdydurke, Przestrzenie Teorii, 2013. Polska Miłosza, Polska Herberta, Teksty Drugie, 2020. “Risky Forays into Border Lands”: „Bez autorytetu” by Stefan Chwin and Stanisław Rosiek, and the Depleting Modernity, Czytanie Literatury, 2019. Wielkie deportacje środkowoeuropejskie z lat 1939-1950 w perspektywie aksjologicznej. Wyzwanie dla literatury, Teksty Drugie, 2016.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Stefan Chwin studied at University of Gdańsk. the recorded working language is Polish and German.

The field of work recorded is literature and visual arts.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Gdańsk. Employment is recorded with University of Gdańsk. Membership is recorded of Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich.

Works named in the authority record are Death in Danzig.

Distinctions recorded are Samuel-Bogumil-Linde prize, Kościelski Award, Andreas Gryphius Prize and Paszport Polityki.

Chronology

  1. 1949Stefan Chwin born at Gdańsk.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Stefan Chwin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1233474: Stefan Chwin

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