Henryk Hoffmann was born, raised and educated in Poznań, Poland. Upon his graduation from Adam Mickiewicz University with an M.A. degree in English Philology, he worked as an English teacher, translator and interpreter in several institutions, including the Polish Academy of Sciences and his self-owned firm. Since his immigration to the USA in 1992, he has taught Latin, German, English and History, first in North Carolina and then in Pennsylvania. His previous publications include seven reference books, '"A" Western Filmmakers: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers, Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, Actors and Actresses' (McFarland, 2000, 2008), 'Western Film Highlights: The Best of the West, 1914-2001' (McFarland, 2003, 2009), 'Leksykon gwiazd kina amerykańskiego' ('A Biographical Dictionary of American Movie Stars', Agencja Producentów Filmowych, Warsaw, 2006; written in Polish in collaboration with his daughters, Beata and Katarzyna), 'Western Movie References in American Literature' (McFarland, 2012) and 'Four Hollywood Legends in World Literature: References to Bogart, Cooper, Gable and Tracy' (BearManor Media, 2016), 'The Careers of Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas as Referenced in Literature: A Study in Film Perception' (Vernon Press, 2020) and 'Latin in Modern Fiction: Who Says It's a Dead Language?' (Vernon Press, 2021). He has also written one memoir, 'Ironies, Coincidences and Absurdities in My Ordinary Life on Both Sides of the Atlantic' (Higher Ground Books & Media, 2019). Hoffmann's professional honors include the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (2000) for his first book, a two-time inclusion in 'Who's Who Among America's Teachers' (Educational Communications, 2002 and 2005), an entry in Contemporary Authors (Thomson Gale, 2005), an Honorary Diploma from the Polish Federation of Film Societies (on its 50th Anniversary, 2006). Hoffmann and his wife Betsy live in Lititz, PA.