Dávid Novák ( sl, David Novak) was a
Hungarian Slovene
Hungarian Slovenes (Slovenian language, Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an indigenous peoples, autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovenes, Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Ráb ...
student and poet. Novák was the author of the first poem written in
Prekmurje Slovene
Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...
, dating from 1771.
Born in
Sümeg
Sümeg (german: Schimeck) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. Sümeg is mostly known for Sümeg Castle. It is north of Lake Balaton.
Twin towns – sister cities
Sümeg is twinned with:
* Aichtal, Germany
* Sovata
Sovata (; hu, Szov ...
into an Lutheran family, he studied at the Bratislava lyceum, where it was customary for the students to write in their native language. Novák's poem was called "Versus Vandalici" (Slovene Poem) and begins "Poszlühne da eszi proszim vasz GOSZPODA / ka bom vam jasz pravo od toda národa ...." The poem also mentions the
Battle of Saint Gotthard.
See also
*
List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
This is a list of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary.
A
* Imre Augustich
B
* József Bagáry
* Mária Bajzek Lukács
* Mihály Bakos
* István Ballér
* Irén Barbér
* Mihály Barla
* Iván Bassa
* József Bassa
* Balázs Berke
* Fe ...
Literature
* Franci Just: Besede iz Porabja, beseda za Porabje, pregled slovstva pri porabskih Slovencih, Franc-Franc
Murska Sobota
Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...
, 2003.
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Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
18th-century births
19th-century deaths