Marian Hess

Marian Hess
Marian Hess

Marian Richard Hess (born November 21, 1941 in Polana, Poland, died September 10, 2010 in Krefeld, Germany) was an ethnographer, sculptor, painter and enthusiast for local legends and traditions.[1] Between 1968 and 1988 he lived and worked in Dwernik near Ustrzyki Dolne.[2]

He created the regional legend of Bies and Czads. It was the inspiration of his later works. Around his house was an exhibition of sculptures, which both the scouts and tourists explored. Marian Hess told the visitors about the culture of the region.[3]

In 1997 and his wife Jozefa moved to German. In 2005 appeared his first book Between dream and waking. In 2007 book has been translated into German. Until his last days he lived in Krefeld in Westfalia and has been created sculptures inspired by local legend of Gnoms and Kobolds.

After a long illness, he died in hospital in Krefeld on September 10, 2010.

Marian Hess

Honors and awards

  • 1984 - deserved an activist culture (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage)
  • 1997 - deserved of Bieszczady Mountains
  • 2004 (June) - awarded the city Duisburg - Silbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-Nadel[4]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Jerzy Wrona; W Bieszczadach (Biblioteczka geograficzna polska); Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne; 1985; s. 7; ISBN 9788302023682
  2. ^ Antoni Kroh; Współczesna rzeźba ludowa Karpat Polskich; Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1979; s. 107; ISBN 9788304001534
  3. ^ Dwerniczek; www.bieszczady.net.pl October 22, 2009
  4. ^ Silbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-Nadel, www.wedaulink.de [source: October, 25, 2009]
  5. ^ Kim ja jestem, www.gandalf.com.pl [source: October, 22, 2009
  6. ^ Wo mein Herz lebt, www.fibre-verlag.de October 21, 2009