Jan Karnowski
| Jan Karnowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 May 1886 Czarnowo |
| Died | 2 October 1939 Wyrzysk |
| Nationality | Polish |
Jan Karnowski, Kashubian: Jón Kôrnowsczi, nom de plume Wôś Budzysz (born on 16 May 1886 in Czarnowo, died on 2 October 1939 in Wyrzysk) – a judge, a Kashubian poet, and an ideologist of the Young Kashubians movement - he contributed to the development of this movement.
Jan Karnowski was born in a peasant family of noble lineage as a son of Jan Karnowski and Anna née Wnuk-Lipińska. It is worth emphasising that the family of Karnowski probably came from the village of Karnowo near Nakło nad Notecią but moved to Kashubia from the village of Dąbrówka in the former Złotów county (powiat złotowski).
He began his education in a Catholic folk school in Czarnowo. Then, in the years 1898-1904, he attended the episcopal secondary school of Collegium Marianum in Pelplin, where he met outstanding professors - regionalists, inter alia, Father Romuald Frydrychowicz, Father Franciszek Rąbiec, Father Paweł Pansk, and Father Bolesław Domański. It was in Collegium Marianum that Karnowski's fascination with Kashubia began. In 1902, as a pupil, together with two friends, Stanisław Czarnowski and Bolesław Piechowski, he loved reading Aleksander Majkowski's poem "About electing the sexton in Kościerzyna, or five bachelors and only one girl" ("Jak w Koscérznie koscelnégo obrelë, abo pięc kawalerów a jednô jedynô brutka”) and Hieronim Derdowski's work "About Mr Czorliński who went to Puck to get nets" ("Ò Panu Czôrlińsczim, co do Pucka po sécë jachôł”); as Karnowski himself wrote in his diary, the books "aroused his fascination".
He continued his education in the junior high school of Chojnice in the years 1904-1907. In that time, since 1905, he was a member of the Tomasz Zan Society secret circle of philomates, and in the years 1906/07, he was its Chairman. During studying at school, he did not fall behind with his interest in Kashubia. He read, inter alia, Aleksander Majkowski's volume of verse entitled "Spiewë i frantówci” (Poznań 1905). He participated in the Polish junior high school pupils' trip to Cracow in 1906. He finished his junior high school education in Chojnice by obtaining the Polish school-leaving examination certificate (świadectwo maturalne) on 9 March 1907.
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