Michael J. Mikos is a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

of foreign languages and

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

at the

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a public urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wiscon ...

. He specializes in

Polish language Polish (Polish: ''język polski'', , ''polszczyzna'' or simply ''polski'', ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group written in the Latin script. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In a ...

, and

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...

. He is also a

translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ...

and has rendered many works of

Polish literature Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. Most Polish literature has been written in the Polish language, though other languages used in Poland over the centuries have also contributed to Polish literary traditions, including Latin, ...

into

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

Selected publications

*Adam Mickiewicz. ''The Sun of Liberty''. Warsaw: Energeia, 1998. *''Polish Literature from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. A Bilingual Anthology''. Warsaw: Constans, 1999. *Juliusz Slowacki. ''This Fateful Power''. Lublin: Norbertinum, 1999. *''The Virgin Mary's Crown. A Bilingual Anthology of Medieval Polish Marian Poetry''. Cracow: Collegium Columbinum, 2002 (with Roman Mazurkiewicz). *''Polish Romantic Literature. An Anthology''. Bloomington: Slavica, 2002. *''Polish Literature from 1864 to 1918. An Anthology''. Bloomington: Slavica, 2006.

External links

*Michael Mikos, Professor of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukeebr>Homepage at UWM
*Selection of Mikos writings and translations of poetry from

an

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