Konrad Łyjak
Identifiant ORCID Université Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Chaire d'études allemandes, Pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4a, 20-031 Lublin
POLOGNE

Konrad Łyjak is an Assistant Professor in the Department of German Philology in the Institute of Linguistics and Literary Studies at Maria Curie–Sklodowska University in Lublin (Poland) and a sworn translator of German language. His research interests include the literature of 20^th and 21^st century with focus on the literature about the former German province East Prussia, alcohol and drug addiction and other psychological disorders but also the dystopian literature. The author’s latest research concerns the issue of alcohol abuse by writers and the motive of alcohol addiction in their autobiographic novels. 

Important publications: 

2023: Grenzen der Menschlichkeit in einer Welt ohne Grenzen am Beispiel von George Orwells "1984", Aldous Huxleys "Schöne neue Welt" und Arthur C. Clarkes "Die letzte Generation". In A. Pastuszka, & J. Pacyniak (Eds.), Narrative der Grenze. Die Etablierung und Überschreitung von Grenzen, (pp. 79-87). Brill. 

2021: Genese, Verlauf und Symptome der Alkoholkrankheit am Beispiel des Romans "Der Trinker" von Hans Fallada. Acta Neophilologica XXIII, 195-206. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego.

2019: Historische und literarische Bilder im Werk von Arno Surminski. Peter Lang Verlag.