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[[File:Monument Jakub Bart-Cisinski Panschwitz-Kuckau.jpg|left|thumb|Bust of Jakub Bart-Ćišinski in [[Panschwitz-Kuckau]], Saxony]]
'''Jakub Bart-Ćišinski''' (20 August 1856 in [[Panschwitz-Kuckau|Kuckau]] – 16 October 1909 in [[Panschwitz-Kuckau|Panschwitz]]), also known as '''Łužičan''', '''Jakub Bart Kukowski''', was a [[Sorbs|Sorbian]] poet, writer and playwright, translator of [[Czech literature|Czech]], [[Polish literature|Polish]], [[Italian literature|Italian]] and [[German literature]]. He produced his works in [[Upper Sorbian language|Upper Sorbian]]. He is also an inventor of modern Upper Sorbian poetic language. He has been described as "the classical writer of Sorbian literature."<ref>p. 1. Hose, Susanne. 2004. ''Sorbian proverbs: Serbske prislowa''. (Supplement series of [[Proverbium]]: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, 14.) Burlington, VT: University of Vermont.</ref>
As a Sorbian writer, he felt that writing the Sorbian language and using it for literature and for education would be important for preserving the vitality and distinctiveness of Sorbian culture. But he also realized that it was a double-edged sword, in that education would reduce the isolation of Sorbian culture, making it more vulnerable to outside (mostly German) influence.<ref>p. 1. Hose, Susanne. 2004. ''Sorbian proverbs: Serbske prislowa''. (Supplement series of [[Proverbium]]: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, 14.) Burlington, VT: University of Vermont.</ref>
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==References==
* {{cite encyclopedia | title = Bart-Ćišinski Jakub | encyclopedia = [[Internetowa encyklopedia PWN]] | url = http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3874638 | accessdate = 2006-11-17 | archive-date = 2006-10-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061001113051/http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3874638 | url-status = dead }}
==See also==
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* [[List of Sorbian-language writers]]
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