Background
Weintraub, Wiktor was born on April 10, 1908 in Zawiercie, Poland. Came to the United States, 1950. Naturalized, 1955. Son of Maurycy and Rebeka Eugenia (Dobrzynsk) Weintraub.
Weintraub, Wiktor was born on April 10, 1908 in Zawiercie, Poland. Came to the United States, 1950. Naturalized, 1955. Son of Maurycy and Rebeka Eugenia (Dobrzynsk) Weintraub.
Master of Arts, Cracow University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, Cracow University, 1930. Studies in Polish literature history and comparative literature, 1929.
Literature critic in Warsaw, 1934-1937. French government scholar in Paris, 1937-1939. Press officer Polish embassy, Moscow and Kuibyshev, 1941-1942.
Member of staff Polish Ministry Information, London, 1945. Visiting lecturer Harvard, 1950-1954, associate professor Slavic languages and literature, 1954-1959, professor, from 1959, Alfred Jurzykowski professor Polish language and literature, 1971-1978, also member committee Ukrainian studies. Member, chairman advising committee Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation.
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Member American Association Advancement Slavic Studies (distinguished contribution award 1983), American Comparative Literature Association, American Association Teachers Slavic and Eastern European Languages, Polish Institute Arts and Sciences American, Adam Mickiewicz Literature Association (honorary), Association Lovers Polish Language (honorary), Polish Academy of Sciences (foreign).
Married Anna Tennenbaum, June 29, 1934 (deceased March 1967). Married second, Maria Evelina Zoltowska, June 6, 1974.