Jan Miodek
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Jan Franciszek Miodek (born 7 June 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry, Silesian Voivodeship<ref name="UWr"/>), is a Polish linguist, a prescriptive grammarian and a professor of Wrocław University.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is regarded as one of the most prominent educators and promoters of the standard Polish language.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Life and career
He was born on 7 June 1946, in Tarnowskie Góry. His father was Franciszek Miodek and his mother was Janina (Template:Nee Kowalska). In 1963, he graduated from the Stanisław Staszic High School No.2 in Tarnowskie Góry.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Since 1967, he has been working as a columnist at the Gazeta Wrocławska newspaper, running the weekly Template:Lang linguistic column. Since 1989 he has held the post of the head (director) of the Institute of Polish Philology at the University of Wrocław.<ref name="UWr">Template:Cite web</ref> Between 1987 and 2007, he hosted a popular weekly TV program Ojczyzna polszczyzna devoted to the Polish language. He also created such programs as Template:Lang and Template:Lang.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Since 2015, he has co-hosted the Template:Lang (Poland with Miodek) program in which he discusses the etymology of various words in the Polish language.
Awards and honours
- Wojciech Korfanty Award
- Wiktor Award (1988, 1991, 1998)
- Superwiktor Award (1998)
- Honorary degree of the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Honorary degree of the Opole University<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Wrocław
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Tarnowskie Góry
- Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>