Jan Rompski
Kashubian writer, ethnographer, and activist
- Jan (father)
- Bronisława née Browarczyk (mother)
Jan Rompski (8 December 1913 – 30 December 1969; Kashubian: Jón Rómpsczi) was a Kashubian activist, poet, writer, journalist and ethnographer. He was one of the most important people in the Zrzeszyńce organization. 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 at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and was strongly involved in the Kashubian movement.
Bibliography
- Kiej
- Vzenjik Arkonë
- Reboce
- Za zemjã (1956)
- Pòrénk (1957),
- Roztrąbarch (1958),
- Lepszé checze (1958)
- Gãsy ùd (1959)
- Scynanié kanië (1961)
- Pomión zwonów (1970)
- Ścinanie kani. Kaszubski zwyczaj ludowy (1973)
- Wiérzte (1980)
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: 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).
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