- Andrej Žarnov
Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (
November 19 ,1903 inKuklov (Kukló),Austria-Hungary "(today:Slovakia )" –March 16 ,1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York,USA ) was a Slovak Catholic modernist (Catholic Moderna ) writer and physician.As a physician, he was a member of international board which was researching crimes committed by Soviet authorities in
Katyń (1943). After 1945 he was persecuted and imprisoned. Since 1952 on emigration; he moved to Austria, Italy and USA.Notable works
He was an author of socio-political, patriotic and reflective poems – "Stráž pri Morave" (1925), "Štít" (1940), "Preosievač piesku" (1978). He was a populariser and translator of Polish poetry works, author of anthology "U pol'ských básnikov" (1936).
References
*cite web
title=Žarnov Andrej
work=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN
url=http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4000431
accessdate=2007-11-27
language=Polish
publisher=Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
*cite web
title=Žarnov Andrej
work=WIEM Encyklopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/7220,,,,arnov_andrej,haslo.html
language=Polish
accessdate=2007-11-27Persondata
NAME=Žarnov, Andrej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Šubík, František (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=writer, poet, physician
DATE OF BIRTH=November 19 ,1903
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kuklov ,Slovakia
DATE OF DEATH=March 16 ,1982
PLACE OF DEATH=Poughkeepsie (city), New York ,USA
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