Petro Trochanowski

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Piotr Trochanowski
Born	1947 Silesia (southwest Poland)
Other names	Petro Murianka
Occupation	Poet, Editor, Folk musician
Known for	Besida
Relatives	Jaroslaw Trochanowski

Piotr Trochanowski (born 1947) was born in Silesia in the southwestern part of Poland to Lemko parents from Binczarowa. He is the editor of Besida, published in Krynica since 1989. He is a spokesperson for the Lemko ethnic group in Poland and internationally. He is also published under the pseudonym Petro Murianka.

He was the first person who was not an ethnic Pole to win the Petak Prize.

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• Lemkos

[edit] Discography

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• "On television, Ruthenians are shown as barefooted peasants living in primitive wooden cottages. They can sing, and play on strange old instruments, but never drive Western cars or run enterprizes"
• A small sample of his works
• 2002 Chepa Bear and Aleksander Dukhnovich Prize
• Lemko Revival
• BBC article

Persondata
NAME
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Petro Trochanowski, Murianka
SHORT DESCRIPTION	poet, editor, folk musician
DATE OF BIRTH	1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Silesia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH