Stanisław Pestka

In 1950 he graduated from the Jozef Wybicki High School in Kościerzyna, and in 1953 he studied Polish Studies at the University of Poznan. After graduation, he worked as a teacher. In 1958 he settled in Gdańsk, cooperated with the magazine Kaszëbë until its liquidation in 1961, in 1961-1965 headed the cultural department of the Ilustrowany Kurier Polski (Illustrated Polish Courier), in 1965-1967 worked at the Polish Radio Broadcasting Station in Szczecin, in 1967-1968 at the magazine Fakty i Myśli (Facts and Thoughts). From 1968 he lived in Gdańsk again, and was a member of the editorial board of the magazine Litery (1968-1974), the weekly Czas (1975-1981). At the same time he was editor-in-chief of the Pomerania monthly (1969-1972). In the 1980s he worked at the Provincial Cultural Center in Gdańsk, and was again editor-in-chief of Pomerania from 1990-1994. He published poetry under the pen name Jan Zbrzyca, and his articles and feuilletons were signed Krëban z Milachòwa. (The word krëban or kùrban literally denoting a jar for storing animal fat, while Krëbans also refers to an ethnic subgroup of Kashubians.) • Południca, Gdańsk 1976 • Wizrë ë duchë, Gdańsk 1986; • Wieczòrny widnik, 2002 • W krainie chmurników, 2011, collection of prose