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Kashubian activist, poet, writer, journalist and ethnographer
Jan Rompsczi
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Kashubian activist, poet, writer, journalist and ethnographer
A.K.A.
Jón Rómpsczi, Jan Rompski
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
8 December 1913(Kartuzy, Poland)
Death:
30 December 1969(Toruń, Poland)
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Education:
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
The details
Biography
Introduction
Jan Rompski (Kashubian language:Jón Rómpsczi) (December 8, 1913 in Karthaus, Germany (today Kartuzy) – 30 December 1969) was a Kashubian activist,poet, writer, journalistand ethnographer. He was one of the most important people in the organization"Zrzeszyńce". During World War II he belonged to the secret anti-Nazi organization Pomeranian Griffin (Krëjamnô Wòjskòwô Òrganizacëjô "Pòmòrsczi Grif"). He was imprisoned in a concentration camp Stutthof. After the war he finished his studies (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń) and was strongly involved in Kashubian movement.
Sources
- L. Bądkowski: Zarys historii literatury kaszubskiej, Gdańsk 1959, 2006.
- G. Stone: Slav outposts in Central European history : the Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs, London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
- J. Kurowska i in.: Katalog rękopisów Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Muzyki Kaszubsko-Pomorskiej w Wejherowie, tom I. Spuścizna Jana Rompskiego, Wejherowo 2005.
- F. Neureiter: Geschichte der Kaschubischen Literatur. Versuch einer Zusammenfassenden Darstellung’’, Otto Sagner Verlag München 1991 (Jan Rompski pp. 178–185).
- F. Neureiter: Historia literatury kaszubskiej. Próba zarysu, Wydawnictwo Morskie, Gdańsk 1982 - ISBN 83-00-00256-1
- R. Osowicka: Leksykon wejherowian, Wejherowo 2008 (short biography).