Andrej Sládkovič
Andrej Sládkovič | |
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Born | 30 March 1820 |
Died | 20 April 1872 (aged 52) |
Other names | born as Andrej Braxatoris |
Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič, 31 March 1820, in Krupina (Korpona) – 20 April 1872, in Radvaň near Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist, translator and Lutheran priest.
Life
Andrej Sládkovič was born into a family of teachers in Krupina. His school years started in his home town (1826–30). He later attended a gymnasium in Krupina and at the Lutheran lyceums in Banská Štiavnica and Bratislava. He continued his studies in theology at the University of Halle, Germany (1843–44). After he became a pastor he served in Hrochoť from 1847 to 1856, and from then until his death in Radvaň nad Hronom. He was a member of the Ľudovít Štúr's group and was also one of the founders of the Matica slovenská.
Works
- Sôvety (1843–44)
- Marína (1846, his most significant poem, also translated into Hungarian, German, Polish and French)
- Zaspievam pieseň o slobodnej vlasti (1848)
- Nehaňte ľud môj (1848)
- Detvan (1853, an opera was made in 1928)
- Milica (1858)
- Svätomartiniáda (1861)
- Pamiatka na deň 4. augusta (1863, remembers establishment of the Matica slovenská)
- Hojže, Bože, jak to bolí, keď sa junač roztratí (1863)
- Lipa cyrilo-metodejská (1864)
- Gróf Mikuláš Šubić Zrínsky na Sihoti (1866)
Sládkovič also translated works from German (Goethe), Russian (Pushkin) and French (Voltaire, Jean Racine).
External links
- Works by or about Andrej Sládkovič at Internet Archive
- Andrej Sládkovič at osobnosti.sk (in Slovak)
- A complete collection of his poems available for download at Zlatý fond SME (in Slovak)
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