HRYHORIY WERWES – AN OUTSTANDING UKRAINIAN SCHOLAR OF POLISH STUDIES OF THE LATTER HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Abstract

The article presents the multifaceted academic and research activity of Hryhoriy Werwes, an outstanding Slavist and Polish philologist of the latter half of the twentieth century, a promoter of science, a member of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, the long-term head of the Slavic and Balkan Studies Department at the Taras Shevchenko Literature Institute of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences and a member of the International Association for the Research and Popularization of Slavic Cultures at the UNESCO. It offers a review of his most important works and monographs. Special attention is paid to Werwes’s contribution to Polish studies, including his works on such Polish authors as: Adam Mickiewicz, Julisz Słowacki, Władysław Orkan, and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. Additionally, the article examines Werwes’s comparative studies and his work towards fostering Polish-Ukrainian relations.