Maria Janion, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Maria Janion

Polish scholar, critic and theoretician

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Mońki, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: writer, historian, translator, university teacher, literary critic, literary historian

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Maria Janion (born 24 December 1926, in Monki) is a Polish scholar, critic and theoretician of literature as well as a renowned feminist.
She is a Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, specialising in literary Romanticism.Janion is also a member of the Polish Academy of Learning.
She has an honorary degree of the Gdansk University.
Between the years 1948-1978 she was an active member of Polish United Workers' Party.