Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski

Who is Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski?

Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski was a Polish soldier, historian and journalist. An officer of the Polish Army, he is best known as a historian and author of numerous books on modern history of Poland. His most notable work is the Modern political history of Poland published in 1956 in London. Although blacklisted by the censorship in Communist-controlled Poland, the book was clandestinely published and re-edited in Poland several times.

Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski was born November 23, 1899 in Arkhangelsk in Imperial Russia, to a family of szlachta descent. During the Great War he reached Poland and joined the Polish Army soon after it had been formed in 1918, following Poland's restoration of independence. He took part in the Polish-Bolshevist War of 1920. After the war he remained in the army and served in the 21st Field Artillery Regiment, the headquarters of the Kraków-based 5th Corps District Command and the 12th Field Artillery Regiment. During his military service he also graduated from the Jagiellonian University.