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Andrej Žarnov

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Andrej Žarnov
Born(1905-11-19)November 19, 1905
Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today:Slovakia)
DiedFebruary 16, 1982(1982-02-16) (aged 76)
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
OccupationPhysician
Poet
Translator
LanguageSlovak
NationalitySlovakian
Alma materComenius University
GenrePoetry
Signatures of the members of the Katyn Commission

Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (November 19, 1903 in Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today:Slovakia) – March 16, 1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York, United States) 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 Katyn (1943). After 1945 he was persecuted and imprisoned. Since 1952 on emigration; he moved to Austria, Italy and USA.

Notable works

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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

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  • "Žarnov Andrej". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  • "Žarnov Andrej". WIEM Encyklopedia (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2007-11-27.