Professor Ida Kurcz (1930–2024) The First Lady of Psycholinguistics in Poland

Abstract

Professor Ida Kurcz passed away on January 25, 2024. Polish academia has lost an exceptional scholar who was an unquestioned authority around the world. It was she who introduced psycholinguistics into the bloodstream of Polish psychology and set the tone for its development. She was hailed as the First Lady of psycholinguistics in Poland for a reason. The present text examines her biography together with her research, teaching and organizational achievements.