Andrej Žarnov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andrej Žarnov

writer, poet, physician

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1903

Place of Birth: Kuklov, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 16-Mar-1982

Profession: writer, physician, poet, translator, linguist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Andrej Žarnov, born František Šubík, (November 19, 1903 in Kuklov (Kukló), Austria-Hungary (today:Slovakia) – March 16, 1982 in Poughkeepsie City, New York, United States) was a Slovak Catholic modernist (Catholic Moderna) writer and physician. As a physician, he was a member of international board which was researching crimes committed by Soviet authorities in Katyn (1943).
After 1945 he was persecuted and imprisoned.
Since 1952 on emigration; he moved to Austria, Italy and USA.