Maria Dzielska

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Maria Celina Dzielska
Born Maria Celina Dąbrowska
(1942-09-18)18 September 1942
Krakow
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  • Philologist
  • Historian
  • Translator
  • Political activist
Awards Order of the White Eagle
Academic background
Alma mater University of Łódź
Academic work
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  • Jagiellonian University

Maria Celina Dzielska (née Dąbrowska, September 18, 1942 – July 30, 2018) was a Polish classical philologist, historian, translator, biographer of Hypatia, and political activist. She was a Professor of Ancient Roman History at Jagiellonian University.[1]:{{{3}}}

Education and career

Dzielska was born in Krakow. She has degrees in history from the Jagiellonian University and in classical philology from the University of Łódź, completing her Ph.D. in 1972 and her habilitation in 1984. She was promoted to full professor at Jagiellonian University in 1996.[1]:{{{3}}}

Activism

Dzielska married Mirosław Dzielski, a leader of the 1980s anti-communist movement in Poland, and campaigned against communism with him.[1]:{{{3}}}

Recognition

Dzielska became a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning.[1]:{{{3}}} At her death, she was given a state funeral at which Polish president Andrzej Duda gave her the Order of the White Eagle.[2]:{{{3}}}

Selected publications

  • Apollonius of Tyana in Legend and History (translated into English by Piotr Pieńkowski; Rome: l'Erma di Bretschneider, 1986)[3]:{{{3}}}
  • Hypatia of Alexandria (translated into English by F. Lyra; Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1995)[4]:{{{3}}}
  • Divine Men and Women in the History and Society of Late Hellenism (edited with Kamilla Twardowska, Jagiellonian University Press, 2013)[5]:{{{3}}}

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Further reading

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