Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr.

For his son of the same name, see Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr..

Zdzisław Żygulski (4 April 1888 in Przemyśl – 24 October 1975), sometimes referred as senior, was a Polish literary historian and Germanist. He was a professor of University of Łódź (since 1945) and University of Wrocław (since 1953). Expert of German literature of 18th–19th century and antique drama.

Żygulski published, with Marian Szyrocki, a German literature history textbook Geschichte der deutschen Literatur (vol. 1–4; 1958–1965). His notable works includes Gerhart Hauptmann. Człowiek i twórca (1968), Fryderyk Schiller (1975)

He is the father of art historian, Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr.

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