Jan Rompski

Kashubian writer, ethnographer, and activist
  • Jan (father)
  • Bronisława née Browarczyk (mother)
AwardsSilver "Cross of Merit" (Poland) 10 Years of Peoples Poland Commemorative MedalAcademic backgroundEducationAlma materAdam Mickiewicz University in PoznańThesisOpowieści ludu kaszubskiego. Odbicie rzeczywistości społecznej XIX i XX w.Doctoral advisorJózef BursztaAcademic workDisciplineEthnographySub-disciplineKashubian studiesInstitutionsDistrict Museum in Toruń

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

  1. L. Bądkowski: Zarys historii literatury kaszubskiej, Gdańsk 1959, 2006.
  2. G. Stone: Slav outposts in Central European history : the Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs, London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
  3. J. Kurowska: Katalog rękopisów Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Muzyki Kaszubsko-Pomorskiej w Wejherowie', tom I. Spuścizna Jana Rompskiego, Wejherowo 2005.
  4. F. Neureiter: Geschichte der Kaschubischen Literatur. Versuch einer Zusammenfassenden Darstellung, Otto Sagner Verlag München 1991 (Jan Rompski pp. 178–185).
  5. F. Neureiter: Historia literatury kaszubskiej. Próba zarysu, Wydawnictwo Morskie, Gdańsk 1982 - ISBN 83-00-00256-1
  6. R. Osowicka: Leksykon wejherowian, Wejherowo 2008 (short biography).
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