Andrej Sládkovič

Andrej Sládkovič (actually Andrej Braxatoris; born March 30, 1820 Carp, Slovakia, † April 20, 1872 in Radvaň, a district of Banská Bystrica ) was a Slovak Lutheran pastor and writer.

Life

Andrej Sládkovič is the son who was born in Hronsek authors and teachers Ondrej Braxatoris ( 1782-1845 ). After attending high school in Krupina and the Evangelical Lyceum in Schemnitz ( 1839-40 ) and Pressburg ( 1840-1842 ), he studied theology at the University of Halle ( 1843-44 ). He was pastor in 1847 Hrochoť and from 1856 until his death in Radvaň.

He was a member of the circle around Ľudovít Štúr and one of the founders of Matica Slovenská.

According to him, on October 3, 1980, discovered by Zdenka Vávrová Asteroid ( 4781 ) Sládkovič is named.

Works

• Sovety ( 1843-44 )
• Marína (1846, his most famous poem, translated into Hungarian, German, Polish and French )
• Zaspievam Piesen o slobodnej vlasti (1848 )
• Nehaňte invited Môj (1848 )
• Detvan (1853, 1922 to 1926 as an opera set to music by Viliam FIGUS - Bystrý, premiere in 1928, German title: " The youth of Detva " )
• Milica (1858 )
• Svätomartiniáda (1861 )
• Pamiatka na deň 4 augusta (1863, to commemorate the founding of the Matica Slovenská )
• Hojže, Bože, jak to Boli, ked sa Junac roztratí (1863 )
• Lipa Cyrilo - metodejská (1864 )
• Gróf Mikuláš Šubić Zrinský na Sihoti (1866 )

Sládkovič also translated German (Goethe), Russian (Pushkin ) and French (Voltaire, Jean Racine ) writer.