Yuri Libsch , the German version - Georg Libsch ( V.-puddle. Jurij Libš , German: Georg Liebsch , November 17, 1857, Milochitsy village, Puddle , Kingdom of Saxony - March 29, 1927 Budisin , Puddle , Germany ) - Catholic priest , Luzhitsky writer, translator and philologist.
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| Jurij libš | |
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| Date of Birth | November 17, 1857 |
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| Date of death | March 29, 1927 (69 years old) |
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| Language of Works | Verkhniy Luzhitsky |
Biography
He ended with a break at the Luzitsky Seminary (1873–1879; 1881–1883) and the Malostransky Gymnasium (1873–1879) in Prague . As a student in Prague, he took an active part in the activities of the Serboluga student fraternity “ Serbovka ”. He was the chairman of this organization (1877-1883). In 1875 he joined the cultural and educational organization " Mother of Serbia ." In the years 1879-1880 he served in Bautzen.
In 1884 he was ordained a priest. He served in Catholic parishes in Ralbitsy (1884), Dresden (1885–1888), Zeitendorf (1888–1889), Bautzen (1889–1893), and Bachon (1893–1910). In 1910 he retired. Until 1917 he lived in Zhitava and until 1927 in Bautzen.
He began to engage in literary activities as a student in Prague. In 1890 he published his first translations from Czech in the newspaper Serbske Nowiny . In 1884 he published in Bautzen a linguistic composition in German, Syntax der wendischen Sprache in der Oberlausitz .
He was buried near the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the village of Bachon , a commune of Gyod .
Literature
- M. Krječmar, Jurij Libš. Nasćin jeho žiwjenja a dźěła - Časopis Maćicy Serbskeje 82 (1929), str. 15-31;
- J. Petr, Hornolužická skladba Jurije Libše a její doplňky - Lětopis A 25/1 (1978), str. 68-90
- Jan Petr: Libš, Jurij. W: Jan Šołta, Pětr Kunze, Franc Šěn (wud.): Nowy biografiski słownik k stawiznam a kulturje Serbow. Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšin 1984, str. 345sl.
- Josef Páta, Něšto přispomnjenow wo spisowaćelach // Lužickosrbská čítanka