Ryszard Koziołek
President
University of Silesia
• literary scholar, essayist, professor at the Institute of Literary Studies of the University of Silesia.
• Rector of the University of Silesia in Katowice
• General Director of the Silesian Science Festival KATOWICE
• In 2010, he was awarded the Gdynia Literary Award in the essay category for the book Ciała Sienkiewicza. Studia o płci i przemocy (Sienkiewicz’s Bodies: Studies of Gender and Violence).
• Jury member of Nike Literary Award in 2012–2015.
• In 2016, he was honoured with the Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki literary award.
• In 2017, he received the Kazimierz Wyka Award for his outstanding achievements in the field of literary and artistic essays and criticism.