(b. 1977) – poet, prose writer, translator. Bargielska has had various jobs, including as a columnist for “Znak” and “Ruch Muzyczny”, a teacher of…
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The Book Institute offers translations of excerpts from Michał Rusinek’s works in the following languages: English and Lithuanian. Interested parties are kindly invited to contact us.
(b. 1972) – a writer, translator and literary scholar.
He graduated in Polish Studies from the Jagiellonian University, taking his PhD in the Humanities in 2002 with a thesis called ‘Między klasyczną retoryką a ponowoczesną retorycznością’ (Between Classical Rhetoric and the Postmodern Rhetorical), and in 2012 did a Post-PhD: ‘Retoryka obrazu. Przyczynek do percepcyjnej teorii figur’ (The Rhetoric of the Image: A Postscript to the Perceptual Theory of Figures). He lives in Krakow.
His academic career is with the Chair of the Theory of Literature, and since 2022 he has been working with the Communications Theory Chair – both at the Polish Studies Faculty of the Jagiellonian University. His academic work includes running classes in literary theory, translation theory and creative writing.
As a young literary scholar, he became Wisława Szymborska’s secretary when she received the Nobel Prize, a position he held until her death. In 2012, he became chair of the Wisława Szymborska Foundation. He also works to popularise the Polish language and rhetoric. Since 2015, he has been a member of the Polish Language Council.
His work includes academic works, popular academic publications, books for children and adults, and translations of English-language literature. His main fields of interest are language, rhetoric, communication and creative writing, along with children’s literature, language education and work in language culture.
Rusinek joins his work as a scholar (in literature and rhetoric) with writing for children, young adults and adults. His writing is characterised by a high awareness of language, a breezy style, a sense of humour and a pragmatism in its approach to language and literature. His books often use the form of language handbooks, poems or short stories that help the younger or older reader with issues in language, speech, communication and literature.
As a children’s book author, he works with his sister, Joanna Rusinek, an illustrator, giving his publications literary and visual assets. His popular academic publications for adults most often concern rhetoric, public speaking, media and the language of politics.
As the former secretary for Wisława Szymborska and co-author of a book on her, ‘Nic zwyczajnego. O Wisławie Szymborskiej’ (Nothing Ordinary: On Wisława Szymborska), he became a leading populariser of her work and a conduit between her legacy and readers.
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