Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński

Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński (4 May 1944 – 4 January 2015) was a Polish professor of sociology. He was the founder and first head of the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Political Studies, Rector of Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. 
He was a Fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna, the University of Notre Dame, and Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. He is a member of the Polish National Council for Civil Service and the National Council for European Integration.
Wnuk-Lipiński was born in Sucha. He was the author of a social fiction dystopia trilogy, "Apostezjon" ("Wir pamieci", "Rozpad polowiczny", "Mord zalozycielski"). He was the winner of Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 1988 for "Rozpad polowiczny".
Wnuk-Lipiński died in Warsaw, Poland, aged 60.