Dr Hanna Szłapka passed away
On 29 May 2023, dr Hanna Szłapka, aged 69, passed away. She was a senior lecturer at the Institute of German Studies and the Institute of English Studies at the University of Wrocław, a specialist in teaching foreign languages, an English translator, and a poem writer.
Her most important monographic translations: Martin Kitchen’s „Europa między wojnami” [Europe Between the Wars], Wrocław 2007; Julian Young’s Heidegger, „Heidegger, filozofia, nazizm” [Philosophy, Nazism], Warszawa-Wrocław 2000; Charles Carlton’s “Królewskie faworyty w Anglii” [Royal Mistresses], Wrocław 1992. In 2019, she published a poetry book – „Anatomia życia”[Anatomy of Life].
As notified by the family, the Holy Mass will be held on 2 June 2023 at 15:20 in the chapel of Osobowicki Cemetery, followed by an escort to the burial place.
Translated by Klaudia Kaczmarek (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
