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KatarzynaUrbaniak-Walczak
1956-2003
Dr.KatarzynaUrbaniak-Walczak,CoptologistandKeeperattheNationalMuseuminWarsaw,
diedprematurelyonJune10,2003.
KatarzynastudiedChristianarchaeologyattheCatholicTheologyAcademyinWarsawin
1977-1982.HerinterestinCopticEgypt,especiallyCopticlanguageandliterature,wasawakened
thenandsheembarkedonherfirsttranslationsfromCoptic,publishedintheAcademy'speriodicals.
Havingobtainedherdiploma,shetookupanassistantshipintheInstituteofEgyptologyofWarsaw
University.WhileonscholarshipinEgyptin1985-1986,shemetProf.MartinKrause,who
encouragedhertofurtherherstudiesofthelanguageandcultureofChristianEgyptinGermany.
Katarzynaspentthenextthreeyears,from1987to1990,attheWestfaelischeWilhelms-
UniversitaetinMuenster,preparingadoctoraldissertation,whichwaspresentedin1991andlater
published,onthesubjectofCopticrepresentationsofConceptioperAuremandtheirliteraryproto-
types.
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