Michał Rusinek
, b. 1972
Michał Rusinek was born on January 31, 1972 in Krakow. He is a Polish literary scholar, translator and author, as well as Wisława Szymborska's former secretary (after her she received the Nobel’s prize and until her death in 2012, see here, accessed: June 25, 2018); he now manages Wisława Szymborska’s Foundation. Rusinek graduated in Polish studies at the Jagiellonian University in 1996; in 2002 he received his PhD on classical and post-modern rhetorics; in 2013 he was granted the next academic degree based on the book Retoryka Obrazu. Przyczynek do percepcyjnej teorii figury [Rhetoric of Image. Contribution to the Perceptive Theory of Rhetorical Figures] He is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University specializing in literary theory.
Bio prepared by Hanna Zarzycka, University of Warsaw, hanna.zarzycka@student.uw.edu.pl
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