Kazimierz Wyka

Kazimierz Wyka
Born	(1910-03-19)19 March 1910 Krzeszowice
Died	19 January 1975(1975-01-19) (aged 64) Kraków
Occupations	Literary historian, literary critic

Kazimierz Wyka (19 March 1910 – 19 January 1975) was a Polish literary historian, literary critic, and professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków following World War II. He was a deputy to the Polish parliament (Sejm) from 1952 to 1956 during the era of Stalinism in Poland.

Wyka was the son of Wojciech Wyka, a small sawmill owner, and Maria née Piętakiewicz,[1] 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,[2] 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,[3] delivered in March 1964 to the Council of Ministers (Poland) and then passed on to The Times.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] His daughter Marta Wyka became a literary critic and literary historian.[1]

• Pogranicze powieści. Kraków. 1948.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1974, 1989.
• Cyprian Norwid, poeta i sztukmistrz. Kraków. 1948.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Legenda i prawda "Wesela". Warszawa. 1950.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Teka Stańczyka" na tle historii Galicji w latach 1849–1869. Wrocław. 1951.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Matejko i Słowacki. Warszawa. 1953.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• O formie prawdziwej "Pana Tadeusza". Warszawa. 1955.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Szkice literackie i artystyczne. Vol. 1–2. Kraków. 1956.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Życie na niby. Szkice z lat 1939–1945. Warszawa. 1957.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1959, 1985, 2010.
• Rzecz wyobraźni. Warszawa. 1959.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1977.
• Modernizm polski. Kraków. 1959.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1968.
• Duch poetów podsłuchane. Pastisze. Kraków. 1959.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1962.
• Krzysztof Baczyński 1921–1944. Kraków. 1961.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Makowski. Kraków. 1963.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1973.
• Podróż do krainy nieprawdopodobieństwa. Kraków. 1964.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Łowy na kryteria. Warszawa. 1965.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Stara szuflada. Kraków. 1967.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Second extended edition 2000.
• Norwid w Krakowie. Kraków. 1967.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Aleksander Fredro. Warszawa. 1968.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1986.
• O potrzebie historii literatury. Szkice polonistyczne z lat 1944–1967. Warszawa. 1969.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Wędrówki po tematach. Vol. 1–3. Kraków. 1971.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Thanatos i Polska, czyli o Jacku Malczewskim. Kraków. 1971.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Literatura polska. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny. Warszawa. 1985.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Co-author.
• Pokolenia literackie. Kraków. 1977.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1989.
• Młoda Polska. Vol. 1–2. Kraków. 1977.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Reissued 1987.
• Różewicz parokrotnie. Warszawa. 1977.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Nowe i dawne wędrówki po tematach. Warszawa. 1978.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Opowiadania. Kraków. 1978.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Reymont, czyli Ucieczka do życia. Warszawa. 1979.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Odeszli. Warszawa. 1983.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• List do Jana Bugaja. Droga do Baczyńskiego. Warszawa. 1986.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Cyprian Norwid. Kraków. 1989.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Baczyński i Różewicz. Kraków. 1994.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Wyznania uduszonego. Kraków. 1995.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Wśród poetów. Kraków. 2000.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Tylnym pomostem. Felietony zebrane. Kraków. 2010.}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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.

• Family home of K. Wyka in Krzeszowice