Jan Rompski

Jan Rompski (Jan Rómpsczi) (8 December 1913 – 30 December 1969) was a Kashubian activist, poet, writer, journalist and ethnographer. He was one of the most important people in organization “Zrzeszyńce”. During the IIWW he belonged to the secret organization Pomeranian Griffin (Krëjamnô Wòjskòwô Òrganizacëjô "Pòmòrsczi Grif"). Next he was imprisoned in a concentration camp Stutthof. After the war he finished studies and he was strongly involved in Kashubian movement.

A listing of works

• "Kiej"
• "Vzenjik Arkonë"
• "Reboce"
• "Za zemjã" (1956)
• "Pòrénk" (1957),
• "Roztrąbarch" (1958),
• "Lepszé checze" (1958)
• "Gãsy ùd" (1959)
• "Scynanié kanië" (1961)
• "Pomión zwonów" (1970)
• "Ścinanie kani. Kaszubski zwyczaj ludowy" (1973)
• "Wiérzte" (1980)

Sources

1. R. Osowicka: Leksykon wejherowian, Wejherowo 2008 (short biography).
2. L. Bądkowski: Zarys historii literatury kaszubskiej, Gdańsk 1959, 2006.
3. J. Kurowska i in.: Katalog rękopisów Muzeum Piśmiennictwa i Muzyki Kaszubsko-Pomorskiej w Wejherowie, tom I. Spuścizna Jana Rompskiego, Wejherowo 2005.