Prof. Kwiryna Handke (1932 - 2021)

WE ARE SAD TO ANNOUCE THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR KWIRYNA HANDKE ON THE 16TH MAY 2021...

She is Professor of Humanities specialising in Polish and Slavic linguistics, sociolinguistics and urban toponymy. 

She has headed the Warsaw Urban Names Committee (Zespół Nazewnictwa Miejskiego Warszawy) since its foundation in 1989 and chaired the Committee for Word Culture (Komisja Kultury Słowa) of the Warsaw Scientific Society.  

Prof. Handke is a member of the Polish Linguistic Society and Linguistics Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. From 2007 to 2010, she was the Academic Council's Chair at the Institute of Slavic Studies (Polish Academy of Sciences). She is author of books and articles in the field of general linguistics, sociology of language, Warsaw's urbanonyms and writers' language.

Best known onomastics-related works: 

Kwiryna Handke: Dzieje Warszawy nazwami pisane. Warszawa: Muzeum Historyczne m.st. Warszawy, 2011, s. 576. ISBN 978-83-62189-08-3.

Kwiryna Handke: Polskie nazewnictwo miejskie. Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Slawistyki, 1992, s. 153. ISBN 83-85262-26-1.

Kwiryna Handke: Słownik nazewnictwa Warszawy. Warszawa: 1998, s. 428 + 31 fot. ISBN 83-86619-97-X.