Edward Dębicki
Edward Dębicki (born March 4, 1935 in Kałusz ) is a Polish Roma musician.
Life
Edward Dębicki's parents Franciszka Raczkowska and Władysław Krzyżanowski were traveling musicians from the Polish Roma . He grew up in western Ukraine, which was part of Poland until 1939. During the Second World War , the family was threatened on the one hand by the racist persecution by the German occupiers of Poland and on the other hand by the anti-Polish excesses of the Ukrainian nationalists .
After the end of the war the family settled in Silesia . He attended the music schools in Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra in 1953 and founded the Kcham music group in 1955 , renamed Terno in the 1960s . Dębicki led the group with the accordion . He composed around two hundred songs.
In 1993 Dębicki published a volume of poems under the title Teł nango bolipen (Romani, Polish Pod gołym niebem ). In 2004 he wrote the autobiographical novel Totenvogel .
Honors
He is an honorary citizen of Gorzów Wielkopolski and received the Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit in 2012 .
Works (selection)
- Teł nango boliben. Pod gołym niebem . Translation Jerzy Ficowski. Szczecin: Wydawn. Promocyjne "Albatross", 1993
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Ptak umarłyc . 2004
- Bird of death. Memories . Also includes Bronisława Wajs : Bloody Tears. What we endured among the Germans in Volhynia in the 43rd and 44th years . Translation from the Polish Karin Wolff . Friedenauer Presse: Berlin 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Edward Dębicki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Edward Dębicki in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Edward Dębicki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Edward Dębicki , at: Friedenauer Presse
- Edward Dębicki , with: Terno music group
- Dirk Hohnsträter: Edward Dębicki - Bird of the Dead . Memories , review by WDR, November 7, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dębicki himself values the term gypsy
- ↑ Światowy Dzień Romów. Gloria Artis dla Edwarda Dębickiego , at mkidn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dębicki, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kałusz |