Marian Richard Hess (November 21, 1941 in Polana, Bieszczady County, Poland – September 10, 2010 in Krefeld, Germany) was an ethnographer, sculptor, painter and enthusiast for local legends and traditions.Jerzy Wrona; W Bieszczadach (Biblioteczka geograficzna polska); Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne; 1985; s. 7; Between 1968 and 1988 he lived and worked in Dwernik near Ustrzyki Dolne.Antoni Kroh; Współczesna rzeźba ludowa Karpat Polskich; Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, 1979; s. 107;
He created the regional legend of Bies and Czads. It was the inspiration of his later works. Around his house was an exhibition of sculptures, which both the scouts and tourists explored. Marian Hess told the visitors about the culture of the region.Dwerniczek; www.bieszczady.net.pl October 22, 2009
In 1997 Hess and his wife Jozefa moved to Germany. In 2005 his first book Between dream and waking appeared. In 2007 the book was translated into German. Until his last days he lived in Krefeld in Westfalia and has been creating sculptures inspired by local legend of Gnoms and Kobolds.
After a long illness, he died in hospital in Krefeld on September 10, 2010.
Honors and awards
1984 - deserved an activist culture (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) 1997 - deserved of Bieszczady Mountains 2004 (June) - awarded the city Duisburg - Silbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-NadelSilbernen Ulli-Umwelt-Ehren-Nadel, www.wedaulink.de [source: October 25, 2009]
Publications
Who I am. Between dreaming and waking ...; Atut, 2005, Kim ja jestem, www.gandalf.com.pl [source: October, 22, 2009 Wo lebt mein Herz: Ein Künstler in den polnischen Karpaten; Fiber Verlag, 2007, Wo mein Herz lebt, www.fibre-verlag.de October 21, 2009
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