Background
LIPSKI, January was born on May 25, 1926 in Warsaw.
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January Jozef LIPSKI
Edit Profileliterary critic and politician
Education
Warsaw’ University.
Career
Served Home Army 1942-1944, Warsaw Uprising 1944. School librarian, Warsaw 1947-1950. With Czytelnik publishers, Warsaw 51.
In Institute for Literary Research of Polish Academy, of Sciences, Warsaw 53.
Head section for Polish pre-1863 classics PIW publishers 1953-1960, dismissed for political reasons. Head cultural section Po Prostu (weekly), Warsaw 1957 and Gromada (daily), Warsaw 1960-1961.
Researcher Institute for Literary Research 1961-1982, dismissed for political reasons. Pensioner for health reasons, retired 1984.
Imprisoned three times in 1977 and 1982, for total of 7 years, forbidden to publish, many times in custody.
Chairman 1957-1958. Chairman 1988-1990. Senator since 1989. Founder and Chairman).
Honorary degree University Paris X Nanterre 1984.
Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation.
Achievements
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On December 8, 1969, Lipski received the Armia Krajowa Cross, and on December 12, 1969 he was awarded the Medal of the Army for the fourth time. In 1984 awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Paris X Nanterre. Foreign acts during the uprising, Lipski was decorated with the Cross of Valour (Krzyż Walecznych) ("for lifetime achievement, for the brave stance in the street fighting of 25 September, for persevering in a shed at the police station giving a small fire under a strong defence, where he was wounded, and for active participation in patrols"), posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (by Polish President Lech Walesa on 13 September 1991) and with the highest Polish decoration, the Order of the White Eagle (by President Lech Kaczynski, 23 September 2006). In 2000, Jacek Kuroń established the January Józef Lipski Open University of Teremiski.
Membership
In 1975 he signed the Letter of 59 and in 1976 he co-funded the Workers" Defence Committee (Komitet Obrony Robotnikow). As one of the most active members of this organization he organized help for the workers who protested in June 1976 against the government sponsored price increases in Radom and in Ursus district of Warsaw. In 1980, Lipski became a member of the Solidarity Union and was elected a delegate to the 1st Delegates’ Rally to represent the Masovia Region (based in Warsaw).
As the only senior member of the non-communist opposition, he re-established the Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna), which he led from 1987.
In 1989 he was elected Senator from Radom and was a member of the Civic Parliamentary Club (Obywatelski Klub Parlamentarny). He died during his term in office.
Interests
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Died
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Nationality
Polish -
Political Party
Solidarity