Jan Himilsbach

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Jan Himilsbach
Born	1931 (1931) Mińsk Mazowiecki
Died	11 November 1988(1988-11-11) (aged 56–57) Warsaw
Occupations	Stonecutter, actor, writer, screenwriter

Jan Himilsbach (1931– 11 November 1988) was a stonecutter, actor, writer and screenwriter.

Biography

He was the son of Stanisław, a manual worker, and Marianna. Until the end of World War II he lived in Mińsk Mazowiecki. In 1945, he became a member of the Union of Youth Struggle and worked distributing the newspapers Głos Ludu (Poland) [pl] and Chłopska Droga.

He learned at the Provincial University of Marxism–Leninism and worked at the Capital City Board of the Union of Polish Youth. He made his debut in 1951 with the poem Będę poetą (I Will Be a Poet), in Sztandar Młodych. He performed his military service from 1954 to 1956. From 1956 to 1968, he worked for a private stonemasonry firm in the Powązki district of Warsaw.

He was buried at the Northern Cemetery in Wólka Węglowa.

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References

Bibliography

• Poppek, Anna (2013). Rejs na krzywy ryj..., czyli Jan Himilsbach i jego czasy. Kraków: A. Liber, Vis-a-Vis/Etiuda.
• Piotr Siła, ed. (2014). Mój Himilsbach, czyli wspomnienia o Janku H. Mińsk Mazowiecki: Miejski Dom Kultury.