Andrej Žarnov
Writer, poet, physician
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| Intro | Writer, poet, physician | |
| Places | Slovakia | |
| was | Linguist Writer Poet | |
| Work field | Literature Social science | |
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| Birth | 19 November 1903, Kuklov, Senica District, Trnava Region, Slovakia | |
| Death | 16 March 1982Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, U.S.A. (aged 78 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
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
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).