Stanisław Pestka (8 April 1929 – 2 April 2015) was a
Kashubian poet. He was born in
Rolbik. Pestke was also a translator of
Russian texts into
Kashubian language
Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian: ', pl, język kaszubski) is a West Slavic language belonging to the Lechitic subgroup along with Polish and Silesian.Stephen Barbour, Cathie Carmichael, ''Language and Nationalism in Europe'', Oxford Univer ...
. He was the chairman of
Kashubian-Pomeranian Association
The Kashubian-Pomeranian Association ( Kashubian- Pomeranian: ''Kaszëbskò-Pòmòrsczé Zrzeszenié'', Polish: ''Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie'') is a regional non-governmental organization of Kashubians ( Pomeranians), Kociewiacy and other p ...
from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1992 to 1994. He was a Kashubian activist.
He died in 2015.
Publications
He published poetry under the
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
Jan Zbrzyca,
[ and his articles and feuilletons were signed Krëban z Milachòwa.][ (The word krëban or kùrban literally to a jar for storing animal fat, but "Krëbans" also refer to an Ethnic subgroup of Kashubians.]
References
Bibliography
* 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.
1929 births
2015 deaths
People from Brusy
Kashubian poets
Kashubian translators
Polish language activists
20th-century Polish poets
20th-century translators
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