Ján Cibuľa
created: 07. 07. 2021 11:20 modified: 07. 07. 2021 11:28
The author of the portrait is the Romani artist Jozef Fečo. The portrait is one of the outcomes of the project Roma Theater – Secret Values of the Largest Minority in the Visegrad Region (2020); the project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund. The portrait is painted on canvas, the genre is street art. The measures of the portrait are 100 cm x 120 cm. The picture is in the frame.
JÁN CIBUĽA
He was born on 1 January 1932 in Klenovec. In 1957 he graduated from the Medical Faculty of the Comenius University in Bratislava. He worked as a doctor in Slovakia, in the former German Democratic Republic and since 1968 in Bern, Switzerland. In 1971, he co-organized the Roma Congress in Orpington, UK, where the International Roma Union (IRU) was formed, in 1978 became its president leading it for several years. He led a delegation of Roma representatives to the UN, where the IRU gained the observer status. In 1985, he became the holder of the Cultural Prize of the city of Bern, as the second foreigner in the history of the city, the first was Albert Einstein. In 2008 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, in the same year the Slovak Republic awarded him the Prize for Humanity. He was included in the Handbook of Slovak Exile Culture. He was roma doctor with Slavic roots, activist for Roma rights, one of the most famous person for Romani emancipation of 20th century. He died on August 18, 2013 in Bern.
category: fine arts
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