István Szijjártó

Slovene Lutheran teacher and poet

István Szijjártó (Slovene: Števan Sijarto) (c. 1765 – 10 September 1833) was a Slovene Lutheran teacher and poet in Hungary.

He was born in Večeslavci (Prekmurje), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó, a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in Nemescsó and in Sopron, at the Lutheran lyceum (?–1783). He taught in Križevci from 1787 to 1806 in Puconci.[clarification needed] He later worked in Domanjševci, where he died.

In 1796, his hymnal Mrtvecsne Peszmi (Dirges) was published.

Works

  • Mrtvecsne Peszmi (Dirges), 1796
  • Molitvi na sztári szlovenszki jezik obrnyene (Prayers Translated into Old Slovene), 1797
  • Sztarisinsztvo, i zvacsinsztvo (Marriage and Wedding), 1807
  • Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinsztvo, 1852

See also

References

  • Anton Trstenjak: Slovenci na Ogrskem, Narodnapisna in književna črtica, Objava arhivskih virov Maribor 2006. ISBN 961-6507-09-5
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