Hanzo Njepila

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Stylized wooden figure of Njepilas in front of his house in Rohne

Hanzo Njepila (German Hans or Hanso Nepila ; born August 1, 1766 in Rohne , rulership of Muskau ; † June 20, 1856 in Rohne) was a Sorbian folk writer. He was the first non-spiritual writer to write his manuscripts in Sorbian (in the Schleifer dialect ).

life and work

Memorial stone in front of Njepila's house
Restored home of Hanzo Njepila, here without the wooden figure pictured above

Njepila, son of the daughter of the shepherd Slabke, grew up in very poor circumstances and often went hungry. The famine years 1771/1772 fell into his childhood, during which, according to one of his writings, he also ate clay to satisfy hunger. As a young man he repaired his parents' farm and gradually became a semi- farmer .

In the winter months Njepila learned to read and write from the village tailor. Writing became a personal joy in his life. This resulted in more than 30 booklets, mostly with autobiographical or religious content. The greater part, however, was given to him by his family in his grave. Only five manuscripts have been preserved that the grinder priest Matej Handrik later in the Journal of Maćica Serbska published. He withheld a few larger autobiographical passages because they described the uncomfortable relationships between Njepila and his daughter-in-law, who was still alive at the time. In particular, these are the life descriptions of Hanzo Njepila's old age. Hélène Brijnen made the corresponding text available in 2004 in the series of publications of the Sorbian Institute .

The Njepilas farm was preserved in its shape and is now used as a local museum. The Njepila-Hof e. After the death of the last owner, V. made a contribution to the security and later reconstruction of the farm at a time when Njepila was forgotten.

literature

  • Peter Milan Jahn: From Robot to School Prophet. Hanso Nepila (1766-1856). Microhistorical studies on the life and work of a Wendish serf worker and writer from Rohne in the Muskau estate. With a translation of the manuscripts (Writings of the Sorbian Institute / Spisy Serbskeho instituta 52), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag 2010. ISBN 978-3-7420-2175-5 .
  • Hélène B. Brijnen: The language of Hanso Nepila. The Lower Sorbian dialect of Loop in a manuscript from the 1st half of the 19th century. (Spisy Serbskeho instituta 35), Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina , 2004. ISBN 3-7420-1941-4 .
  • Hanzo Njepila / Hanso Nepila: Šycko som how napisał. / I wrote in the little room. (compiled by Fabian Kaulfürst), Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina Budyšin, 2006. ISBN 978-3-7420-2043-7 .
  • Hinc Rychtaŕ (wud.): Slěpjańska cytanka. Teksty z dweju stolěćowy w Slěpjańskem serbskem dialekće aw němskej rěcy. Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina Budyšin, 1995.
  • Jan Peters: With plow and goose quill. Farmers who write personal testimonies. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2003. ISBN 3-412-15102-5 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

proof

  1. ↑ One who was ahead of his time. (No longer available online.) In: Nowy Casnik 12/2011. March 22, 2011, archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; accessed on August 23, 2014 (interview with Peter Milan Jahn). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nowycasnik.de
  2. ↑ Matej Handrik-Slepjanski (Ed.), Hanzo Njepila: Rukopisy Hansa Nepile-Rowniskeho. In: Časopis Maćicy Serbskeje (ČMS) Volume 49, 1896, pp. 73-89 ( digitized version ); Volume 51, 1898, pp. 65-74 ( digitized version ); Volume 52, 1899, pp. 42-55, pp. 88-115 ( digitized version ); Volume 53, 1900, pp. 14-41 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Njepila, Hanzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neplia, Hanso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sorbian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Rohne , Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1856
Place of death Rohne , Upper Lusatia