Fryco Rocha
Fryco Rocha (German Friedrich Rocha ; born January 29, 1863 in Schönhöhe , † April 24, 1942 in Klingmühl ) was a Lower Sorbian teacher, writer and folk poet.
Life
Fryco Rocha was born in the village of Schönhöhe , spent his childhood there and attended the Sorbian school. From 1882 to 1885 he attended the teachers' college in Altdöbern . After a short year of apprenticeship in Eulo (near Forst ), he began teaching in Kolkwitz from 1885 to 1890 , where many of his first Lower Sorbian poems were written.
Despite the ban , he taught in Tauer from 1891 to 1915 in Lower Sorbian . Since no teaching materials were available for Sorbian lessons, Rocha wrote about 300 stories and songs that he included in his lessons. In 1894 the second singing concert took place in Tauer with his help.
In 1931 he replaced Mina Witkojc as editor of the Lower Sorbian newspaper Casnik . However, his editorial work is not entirely undisputed. After the Gleichschaltung, enthusiastic articles and words of praise for National Socialism were published . But even with loyalty Rocha could not prevent the end of Casnik. On July 29, 1933, he declared the newspaper bankrupt.
The documentary filmmaker Peter Rocha was his grandson.
Merits
Fryco Rocha is considered the first Lower Sorbian children's poet. He published his works as an editor (1907–1913) in the Wosadnik . In 1908 Rocha published his collection of poems Wěnašk dolnoserbskich pěsnjow .
He was a member and for a long time deputy chairman of Maśica Serbska .
Honors
In the GDR , the youth hostel in Jessern bore his name. The Lower Sorbian kindergarten in the Cottbus district of Sielow was named after him. In 2007 a memorial plaque was inaugurated at Fryco's birthplace in Schönhöhe.
Works
- Wěnašk dolnoserbskich pěsnjow (collection of poems), Bautzen 1908.
- Pěsni, wulicowanka a godanja, Berlin 1955.
- Wobraz mojogo žywjenja - The picture of my life (autobiography), Berlin 1956.
swell
- Łužyca (rbb) from May 19, 2007
- Nowy Casnik 29/2009
- Nowy biografiski słownik k stawiznam a Kulturje Serbow . Domowina, Budyšin [Bautzen] 1984, p. 480 f . (from Gerat Hančka).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Albus: Obituary Peter Rocha ( memento from January 18, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), Łužyca (rbb), October 18, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rocha, Fryco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Sorbian teacher, writer and folk poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönhöhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1942 |
| Place of death | Klingmühl |