Mina Witkojc

Mina Witkojc (German: Wilhelmine Wittka; 28 May 1893, Burg (Spreewald) – 11 November 1975) was a German journalist, ethnic advocate, and poet.[1] She wrote in the Lower Sorbian language.

Mina Witkojc
Grave of Mina Witkojc

Honors
  • 1964 she was awarded the Ćišinski Award.
  • Since 2016, the public school and the public library in Burg bear her name.[2]
  • There is a Mina-Witkojc-Straße ('Mina Witkojc Street') in Cottbus
  • Since 2018, the state of Brandenburg honors people for Sorbian language activism with a Mina Witkojc Award[3]

Works
  • Dolnoserbske basni, Budyšin 1925
  • Wĕnašk błośańskich kwĕtkow, Budyšin 1934
  • K swĕtłu a słyńcu, Berlin 1955
  • Prĕdne kłoski, Berlin 1958
  • Po drogach casnikarki, Budyšin 1987

Film
  • 1984: Und auf steht die Wahrheit (DEFA documentary directed by Toni Bruk)[4]

Further reading
  • Witkojc, Mina (2001). Piniek, Christiane (ed.). Echo aus dem Spreewald: Gedichte (in German). Translated by Nagel, Elke (1st ed.). Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag. ISBN 3-7420-1857-4.
  • Thiemann, Manfred (1989). Sorben: ein kleines Lexikon (in German). Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag. ISBN 3-7420-0405-0.
  • Malinkowa, Trudla (2022). Sorbische Denkmale: Handbuch sorbischer Gedenk- und Erinnerungsstätten (in German) (1st ed.). Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag. pp. 204–208, 256 et seq. ISBN 978-3-7420-2647-7.

References
  1. Stone, Gerald (2015). Slav Outposts in Central European History: The Wends, Sorbs and Kashubs. History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-4154-0.
  2. "Grund- und Oberschule Burg (Spreewald) - Schulchronik". Schule Burg (Spreewald) (in German). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. "Liedermacher Bernd Pittkunigs bekommt Preis für sorbische Sprache". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). 9 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. "Und auf steht die Wahrheit (in der Filmdatenbank der DEFA-Stiftung)". DEFA-Stiftung. Retrieved 28 November 2020.


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