Andrej Žarnov


Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík,, Austria-Hungary '' was a Slovak Catholic modernist writer and physician.
As a physician, he was a member of international board which was researching crimes committed by Soviet authorities in Katyn. 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 poemsStráž pri Morave, Štít, Preosievač piesku. He was a populariser and translator of Polish poetry works, author of anthology U pol'ských básnikov.