the Society of Friends of Polish Language (1920), Polish Oriental Society (1922 a member and founder, 1922-23 chairman). In 1925 he was decorated with the Order of Poland Restored (Polonia Restituta) (Commander). Also, he initiated the activity of the “Eastern Library” at the Ossolinski National Institute in Lwów and the “Annual of Oriental Studies” and the Institute of Oriental Studies at the University of Lwów. Publications Gawroński is the author of numerous publications. Here are some of them: in Polish: O błędach językowych (Warszawa 1921) O podstawie psychologicznej zapożyczania wyrazów obcych (Kraków 1921) Szkice językoznawcze (Warszawa 1928) Wartość uczuciowa deminutiwów (Kraków 1928) Początki dramatu indyjskiego a sprawa wpływów greckich (Kraków 1946) in other languages: Sprachliche Untersuchungen über das Mṛcchakaṭika und das Daśakumāracarita (Leipzig 1907) Am Rande des Mṛcchakaṭika (ZDMG 65/1911) The Date of Allahabad Stone Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta (Leipzig 1914) Gleanings from Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita (Rocznik Orjentalistyczny 1915) The Digvijaya of Raghu and some Connected Problems (Rocznik Orjentalistyczny 1915) Studies about Sanskrit Buddhist Literature (Kraków 1919) Notes sur les sources de quelques drames indiens (Kraków 1921) Notes on the Sāundarananda. Critical and Explanatory (Kraków 1922) Beginnings of Indian Drama and Problem of Greek Influence (Bhāratī 13/1968) Gawroński's Polish handbook of Sanskrit (Podręcznik Sanskrytu, Kraków 1932 accessible online, reissued with a list of errata to the first edition: Lublin 1978, 1985; new, improved edition: Warszawa 2004, 2009) has remained the fundamental academic textbook of Sanskrit in Poland. See also List of Poles Sources and references Andrzej Gawroński (językoznawca) - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia at pl.wikipedia.org Polski Słownik Biograficzny, vol. VII, Kraków 1948-1958 Biogramy uczonych polskich, Część I: Nauki społeczne, zeszyt 1: A-J, Wrocław 1983 (Short biographies of Polish scientists Part I, fasc. 1 - in Polish) Powszechna Encyklopedia Filozofii, t. 3, Lublin 2002, p. 721-722 (Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy - in Polish). Kozarynowa, Zofia: Andrzej Gawroński (wspomnienia), in: Znak 34 1982: 579-604 (extensive memoires by his sister - in Polish) Fedirko, Janusz: Fenomenalny multilingwista. Professor Andrzej Gawroński (1885–1927), in: Alma Mater nr 2 (100) 2008, online (A superb multilinguist. Professor Andrzej Gawroński - in Polish) 1885 births 1927 deaths University of Lviv alumni Leipzig University alumni Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Academic staff of the University of Lviv Linguists from Poland Members of the Polish Academy of Learning Translators of Omar Khayyám 20th-century linguists