Jacek Gałązka
Jacek M. Gałązka | |
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Sixteenth President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America | |
In office 1999–2008 | |
Preceded by | Andrzej Beck |
Succeeded by | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wilno, Poland | 28 April 1924
Died | 8 May 2018 Cornwall, New York, U.S. | (aged 94)
Nationality | Polish |
Jacek Michal Gałązka (28 April 1924 – 8 May 2018) was a soldier of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, publicist and émigré activist. He served as President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America from 1999 until 2008.
Biography[]
Gałązka was born in April 1924 in Wilno, Poland (now Vilnus, Lithuania). He served in the Cadets Corps in Rawicz, and from 1942 was a soldier of the Second Motorized Regiment in the First Armored Division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West.
He studied economics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and moved to the United States in 1952. There he founded and became a publisher of Polish literature in the English language.
Gałązka worked for Charles Scribner's Sons, eventually advancing to become its President. He also translated the works of Stanisław Jerzy Lec, including Unkempt Thoughts, and co-authored the Polish Heritage Travel Guide to USA & Canada. He served as President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America from 1999 to 2008.
He died in Cornwall, New York in May 2018 at the age of 94.[1]
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References[]
- ^ "Jacek Michał Gałązka". nekrologi. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- 1924 births
- 2018 deaths
- Individuals associated with the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
- Polish activists
- Polish emigrants to the United States
- Polish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Polish people stubs