23 April 1956 — 2 January 1997

Donald P.A. Pirie was the Stepek Lecturer in Polish at the University of Glasgow from 1984 to 1994 and continued his research into Polish Studies as an Honorary Research Fellow of the Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures until his death in 1997. He promoted knowledge of Poland in various forms and through different means. He published several articles on Polish literature, edited three books on Polish culture, and prepared the anthology Young Poets of a New Poland, which includes his own translations of the youngest generation of Polish poets. In 1989 Donald organised a series of events in Glasgow under the title of Polish Realities. The Arts in Poland 1980-1989. He also prepared three major conferences devoted to Polish literature and invited Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Różewicz and Ewa Lipska to meet with the public in Glasgow. Not only was Donald an accomplished scholar and a distinguished translator of Polish poetry, he was also an enthusiastic teacher, cherished by his students and colleagues, who now wish to commemorate his contribution to the field of Polish Studies.

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