Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (November 19, 1903 in

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)'' – 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).

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