Marcin Król

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Marcin Król
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Born18 May 1944 (1944-05-18)
Warsaw, Poland
Died25 November 2020 (2020-11-26) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Spouse(s)
  • Małgorzata Dziewulska
  • Julia Kalinowska-Król


Marcin Feliks Król (May 18 1944 - November 25 2020[1]) was a Polish philosopher, historian of ideas, publicist and professor of the University of Warsaw. Democratic opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic.

Participant in the March events of 1968, imprisoned in the same year for several months. A long-time collaborator of Tygodnik Powszechny, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Res Publica magazine. In 1975, signatory to Letter of 59 against changes to the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland.

He was participant in the Round Table talks and a member of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee with Lech Wałęsa. He was the chairman of the Stefan Batory Foundation.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Zmarł prof. Marcin Król". teologiapolityczna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. ^ "PROF. ZW. DR HAB. MARCIN KRÓL". Wydział Stosowanych Nauk Społecznych i Resocjalizacji (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-03.
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