Wojciech Jan Browarny (born 2 October 1970 in Oleśnica) is a Polish literary scholar, literary critic, regionalist (Silesianist), and associate professor at the University of Wrocław. He works at the Institute of Polish Philology, where he heads the Department of History of Polish Literature after 1918 and the Regional Research Unit.
Academic career
Browarny graduated from the University of Wrocław, where he later obtained his academic degrees. He serves as an associate professor (profesor nadzwyczajny) at the University of Wrocław. His research focuses on contemporary Polish literature, anthropological problems of modernity, the relationships of culture and history with nature, and regional studies (particularly Silesian studies). He is the chairman of the University Committee for the Care of Graves of Persons of Merit for the University of Wrocław and has been elected a member of the Committee on Literary Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Literary criticism
In the years 1996–1999, Browarny was in charge of the criticism section of the literary and artistic journal Dykcja. He contributes reviews to the monthlies Nowe Książki and Odra.
Political activity
Browarny belonged to the Wrocław branch of the Association of People of Silesian Nationality. He is a co-founder and secretary of the Rosa Luxemburg Society of Global Solidarity (Towarzystwo Solidarności Globalnej im. Róży Luksemburg) and a member of the political party Left Together (Lewica Razem). In the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, he ran as the fourth candidate on Razem's list in the Wrocław electoral district, receiving 931 votes.
Selected works
- Opowieści niedyskretne. Formy autorefleksyjne w prozie polskiej lat dziewięćdziesiątych (Wrocław, 2002)
- Fikcja i wspólnota. Szkice o tożsamości w literaturze współczesnej (Wrocław, 2008)
- Tadeusz Różewicz i nowoczesna tożsamość (Kraków, 2013)
- Tadeusz Różewicz and Modern Identity in Poland since the Second World War (transl. by P. Zazula, Wrocław, 2019)
- Historie odzyskane. Literackie dziedzictwo Wrocławia i Dolnego Śląska (Wrocław, 2019)
- Tadeusz Różewicz, Wybór prozy, edited by Wojciech Browarny, BN I 338 (Wrocław, 2021)
- W drodze. Wrocław śladami Tadeusza Różewicza (Wrocław, 2021)
- Anatomia nowoczesnego regionu. O związkach środowiska, kultury i pamięci (Wrocław, 2023)
