Roman Loth
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Roman Loth | |
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| Born | 11 December 1931 |
| Died | 30 November 2019 (aged 87) |
| Occupations | Historian, bibliographer, editor |
| Spouse | Barbara Regulska (m.1954) |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Warsaw |
| Thesis | Kronika życia i twórczości Jana Kasprowicza (1860–1901) (1970) |
| Ewa Korzeniewska | |
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| Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of literature |
Doctoral students | Beata Dorosz |
Roman Loth (11 December 1931 – 30 November 2019) was a literary historian, editor, bibliographer, professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN).[1][2]
Biography
[edit]The son of Wacław Loth and Janina née Grabowska.[1][2] After the Warsaw Uprising he moved to Radom,[1][2][3] where in 1949 he passed matura in the Jan Kochanowski High School in Radom.[1][2][3]
From 1949 to 1957 he was a member of the Union of Polish Youth.[2] He graduated in Polish philology from the University of Warsaw in 1954.[2][4] Also in 1954 he married Barbara Regulska.[2] In 1970 he obtained a doctoral degree based on the work Kronika życia i twórczości Jana Kasprowicza (1860–1901) (Chronicle of the life and work of Jan Kasprowicz [1860–1901]) written under the supervision of Ewa Korzeniewska.[1][2] In 1975 he obtained habilitation.[1][2] From 1981 he was a member of the Scientific Council of IBL PAN;[2] from 1987 to 2006 he was its vice-chairman.[2]
Loth supervised the doctorate of Beata Dorosz.[4][5] In 2004 he was chosen a member of the Warsaw Scientific Society.[1][2] A Festschrift to him was published in 2011, edited by Beata Dorosz and Paweł Kądziela.[6]
Works
[edit]- Młodość Jana Kasprowicza. Szkic biograficzny. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie. 1962.
- Podstawowe pojęcia i problemy tekstologii i edytorstwa naukowego. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Badań Literackich PAN. 2006.
- Wspomnienia kochanowskie czyli Radom sprzed półwiecza. Radom: Społeczny Komitet Ratowania Zabytków Radomia. 2007. Second, extended edition: 2012.
- Zapamiętane. Z dawnych lat Instytutu Badań Literackich. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Badań Literackich PAN. 2015.
Accolades
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2008)[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Współcześni polscy pisarze i badacze literatury. Słownik biobibliograficzny. Vol. 5. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne. 1997. pp. 134–137.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dorosz, Beata. "Roman Loth". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 6 March 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Zmarł profesor Roman Loth, wybitny polonista, edytor, pracownik Instytutu Badań Literackich". echodnia.eu. 2 December 2019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Prof. zw. dr hab. Roman Loth". archiwum.nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Jan Lechoń, Mieczysław Grydzewski: Listy 1923-1956 (Dwugłos korespondencyjny)". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
- ↑ Jak się z wami zrosło moje życie. Prace dedykowane profesorowi Romanowi Lothowi. Instytut Badań Literackich PAN. 2011. ISBN 9788361552437. Co-edited with Paweł Kądziela.
- ↑ "M.P. 2009 nr 25 poz. 333". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
Bibliography
[edit]- Dorosz, Beata (2020). "Roman Loth (11 grudnia 1931 – 30 listopada 2019). Wspomnienie". Pamiętnik Literacki. The Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences: 244–252. ISSN 2719-5376. Archived from the original on 10 July 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.