Ferenc Marič ( sl, Franc Marič,

Prekmurje dialect 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 ...

: ''Ferenc Marič'') (June 11, 1791 – after 1844) was a Hungarian teacher and poet. He was born in Istvánfalva (

Apátistvánfalva Apátistvánfalva ( sl, Števanovci, german: Stephansdorf) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. Notable residents * Károly Krajczár (born 1936), Hungarian Slovene teacher * Ferenc Marics (1791–1844), Hungarian teacher * Antal Stevanecz (1861 ...

). His father György Marits was the first teacher and cantor in the village. György was born in Gerecsavecz (Gerečavci, between Sveti Jurij and Večeslavci). Ferenc's mother Anna Trájber was of

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descent from Ritkarócz (Ritkaháza,

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). Ferenc followed in his father's footsteps and became a teacher. He began his career in 1809 as an assistant teacher in

Felsőszölnök Felsőszölnök ( sl, Gornji Senik, german: Oberzemming. la, Zelnuk Superior) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. It is the westernmost point of Hungary, and lies on the borders with Slovenia and Austria. Location The nearest settlements are ...

, under schoolmaster

Mihály Bertalanits Mihály Bertalanits ( sl, Mihael Bertalanitš, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Miháo Bertalanitš'') (November 8, 1788 – January 8, 1853) was a Slovene cantor, teacher, and poet in Hungary. Beralanits was the son of the peasants György Bertalanics and ...

(who was born in the same village as Marič's father). He found the ''Ruzsics Hymnal,'' a Slovene hymnal edited by a teacher named Ruzsics (first name unknown) around 1789. Both Bertalanits and Marič copied the hymnal and distributed it among the population of their villages: Marič in Istvánfalva and Bertalanits in

Pečarovci Pečarovci (; in older sources also ''Sveti Sebeštjan'', hu, Szentsebestyén, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Püčarovci'') is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. There are two churches in the settlement. The Roma ...

. It is possible that they also rewrote parts of the book or added to it. Marič married Terézia Ficzkó in Felsőszölnök. Later they moved to Istvánfalva, where he took over a teaching job that belonged to his father, who had died five years earlier. He taught here until 1842, when he retired. He moved to the village of

Čepinci Čepinci (; hu, Kerkafő, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Čöpinci'') is a dispersed village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. The source of the Big Krka River is in the settlement. The poet Ferenc Marics Ferenc Ma ...

, which belonged to the parish of Felsőszölnök. He was last mentioned in 1844, when his daughter Anna died; the date of his death is unknown.

References

* ''Vis. Can''. Istvánfalva, 1829, June 25 * Francek Mukič & Marija Kozar: ''Slovensko Porabje'', Mohorjeva družba

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, 1982. * Vilko Novak: ''Martjanska pesmarica'', Založba ZRC. 1997. {{DEFAULTSORT:Marics, Ferenc Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian educators Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets 1791 births 19th-century deaths 19th-century poets