Jakub Kania (July 11, 1872 in

Stare Siołkowice Stare Siołkowice ("old Siołkowice"; german: Alt Schalkowitz; 1936–1945: Alt Schalkendorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Popielów, within Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately n ...

near Opole – December 3, 1957 in Stare Siołkowice) was a

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...

poet, folk writer and national activist. He published in '' Gazeta Opolska'' and '' Katolik''. During

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

he fought in the Western front. After the war he took part in the III

Silesian Uprising The Silesian Uprisings (german: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände, links=no; pl, Powstania śląskie, links=no) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic ...

. He was a member of the

Union of Poles in Germany Union of Poles in Germany ( pl, Związek Polaków w Niemczech, german: Bund der Polen in Deutschland e.V.) is an organisation of the Polish minority in Germany, founded in 1922. In 1924, the union initiated collaboration between other minorities, ...

and of a Polish-

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

society "Oświata".Zbigniew Zielonka, ''Geografia życia literackiego polskiego kręgu kulturowego na Śląsku'', Słupsk 1994, p. 159-160.

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* Stanisław Pigoń, ''Na drogach kultury ludowej'', Warszawa 1974. 1872 births 1957 deaths People from Opole Polish male poets Polish people of World War I People from the German Empire {{Poland-bio-stub