Henryk Markiewicz

Henryk Markiewicz (16 November 1922 – 31 October 2013) was a Polish historian, specializing in the history and theory of literature, with the particular focus on the Polish literature of 1864-1939. He was a professor emeritus of the Jagiellonian University, where he was a director of the Institute of Polish Philology. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning. He has been one of the editors of the Polski Słownik Biograficzny, and its editor-in-chief from 1991 until 2002, as well as editor of several other historical book series. He has published a number of books and articles.

He was a member of Polish United Workers' Party. Marta Wyka was among his doctoral students. He had sons Ryszard and Adam.

• O marksistowskiej teorii literatury. 1952.
• Prus i Żeromski. 1954. Reprint 1964.
• Tradycje i rewizje. 1957.
• Główne problemy wiedzy o literaturze. 1965.
• Sztuka interpretacji. 1971.
• Przekroje i zbliżenia dawne i nowe. 1976.
• Pozytywizm. 1978. Reprint 1999.
• Polska nauka o literaturze. 1981.
• Wymiary dzieła literackiego. 1984.
• Świadomość literatury. 1985.
• Literatura pozytywizmu. 1986.
• Literaturoznawstwo i jego sąsiedztwa. 1989.
• Teoria powieści za granicą. 1995.
• Polskie teorie powieści. 1998.

• Gold Cross of Merit (1953)
• Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955)
• Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1954)
• Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1964)
• Medal of the Commission of National Education (1979)
• Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1983)
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (22 May 2000)
• Medal of Pushkin (2001)
• Gold Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (5 January 2007)

• Kraków Book of the Month Award for Boy Żeleński (June 2001)