Ján Šándor
created: 29. 06. 2022 10:45 modified: 29. 06. 2022 10:46
The photo shows the Romani writer Ján Šándor. He was born in 1948 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic). From the age of 16 he lived in Prievidza until his death. He worked as a laborer all his life.
Since 1979 he published in the magazines Železničiar, Bosorka, Smer dnes, Prieboj, Romano nevo ľil, Sam adaj, Romano džaniben. He made his book debut with a collection of fairy tales and short stories called The Roma Dream (2004). In 2008, the Jekhetane-Spolu association published a book of Romani fairy tales titled The Black Rose, in Slovak and Romani. He has published a total of 10 books.
He was a member of the Slovak Writers' Association.
In 2017, he was awarded the Roma Spirit Award for his lifelong literary work and the development of Roma culture.
The author of the photo is a Romani photographer Jozef Ferenc. Digital photography was taken in 2005 in Prievidza during the christening of his book.
Sources of Information:
ŠÁNDOR, Ján. Čierna ruža / E kaľi ruža. Prešov: Jekhetane-Spolu Prešov, 2008, 132 s. ISBN 978-80-968744-2-2
www.romaspirit.sk/rocniky/rocnik-2017/nominovani/jan-sandor-prievidza/
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 18. 02. 2005
category: fine arts
tags: secular digital artistic in persona photography Ján Šándor general audience internal
