George Grabowicz
George Gregory Grabowicz (Ukrainian: Григорій Юлійович Грабович;* 12 October 1943, Kraków, General Government) is a Ukrainian and American literary critic and professor in the Department of Ukrainian Literature at both the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.[1] He is a founder and editor-in-chief of the Krytyka magazine since 1997.[2] His research concerns the history of Ukrainian, Polish, and Russian literature and their interrelationships. His special research focus are Ukrainian writers Taras Shevchenko and Pavlo Tychyna. In 2012-2018, he was the chairman of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the USA. He was the president and one of the founders of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies.
George Grabowicz | |
|---|---|
| Юрій Григорій Юлійович Грабович | |
| Born | 12 October 1943 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, professor, literary critic |
| Title | Dmytro Chyzhevs'kyj Professor of Ukrainian Literature at Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th century |
| Discipline | Ukrainian literature |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Main interests | Taras Shevchenko, Pavlo Tychyna |
| Notable works | The Poet as Mythmaker: A Study of Symbolic Meaning in Taras Ševčenko |
Awards
- Honorary doctor of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (1997)
- Order "For Intellectual Courage" (2004)
- Antonovych prize (2008)
- Shevchenko National Prize (2022)
Links
References
- "Grabowicz George G." PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- "Grabowicz George G." PEN Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-03-12.