Stanisław Pestka (8 April 1929 – 2 April 2015) was a Kashubian poet. He was born in Rolbik.[1] Pestka was also a translator of Russian texts into Kashubian language. He was the chairman of Kashubian-Pomeranian Association from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1992 to 1994. He was a Kashubian activist.[2] He died in 2015.[3]
Stanisław Pestka | |
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Stanisłôw Pestka | |
| Born | April 8, 1929 |
| Died | April 2, 2015 (aged 85) |
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| Alma mater | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| Organization | Kashubian-Pomeranian Association |
| Board member of | Kaszëbskò-Pòmòrsczé Zrzeszenié |
Publications
editIn 1950 he graduated from the Jozef Wybicki High School in Kościerzyna, and in 1953 he studied Polish Studies at the University of Poznan. After graduation, he worked as a teacher. In 1958 he settled in Gdańsk, cooperated with the magazine Kaszëbë until its liquidation in 1961, in 1961-1965 headed the cultural department of the Ilustrowany Kurier Polski (Illustrated Polish Courier), in 1965-1967 worked at the Polish Radio Broadcasting Station in Szczecin, in 1967-1968 at the magazine Fakty i Myśli (Facts and Thoughts). From 1968 he lived in Gdańsk again, and was a member of the editorial board of the magazine Litery (1968-1974), the weekly Czas (1975-1981). At the same time he was editor-in-chief of the Pomerania monthly (1969-1972). In the 1980s he worked at the Provincial Cultural Center in Gdańsk, and was again editor-in-chief of Pomerania from 1990-1994.
He published poetry under the pen name Jan Zbrzyca,[3] and his articles and feuilletons were signed Krëban z Milachòwa.[2] (The word krëban or kùrban literally denoting a jar for storing animal fat,[4] while Krëbans also refers to an ethnic subgroup of Kashubians.[5][6])
- Południca, Gdańsk 1976
- Wizrë ë duchë, Gdańsk 1986; ISBN 83-85011-09-9
- Wieczòrny widnik, 2002
- W krainie chmurników, 2011, collection of prose
References
edit- ^ "Wielka strata dla Pomorza. Nie żyją prof. Jerzy Treder i Stanisław Pestka" (in Polish). 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ a b Szczypta, Paweł. "Rastko Kaszuby project - Stanisław Pestka (in english)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ a b "Nie żyją dwaj znani Kaszubi prof. Jerzy Treder i red. Stanisław Pestka" (in Polish). 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ "Słownik kaszubsko-polski". Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ The Kashubs Today (PDF). 2007. ISBN 978-83-89079-78-7. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ VII KONFERENCJAKASZUBSKO - POMORSKA (PDF). 2003. ISBN 83-918641-0-3. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
Bibliography
edit- J. Drzeżdżon, "Współczesna literatura kaszubska 1945-1980", Warszawa 1986
- Polish bibliography
- "Z zaborskiego matecznika. O Stanisławie Pestce - Janie Zbrzycy", pod red. J. Borzyszkowskiego, Gdańsk 2008.
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