Handrij Zejler (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872; official German name ''Andreas Seiler'') was a
Sorbian writer
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,
Lutheran
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pastor
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, and national activist. He co-founded the
Lusatia
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n cultural and scientific society ''
Maćica Serbska''.
Zejler was born on 1 February 1804 in
Słona Boršć (German:
Salzenforst), now a part of
Budyšin (Bautzen). He was an author of popular religious, love and patriotic poems, as well as the Sorbian national anthem ''
Rjana Łužica
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'', linguistic works, publicist works, ballads, satires, fables. He died on 15 October 1872 in
Łaz (Lohsa) near
Wojerecy (Hoyerswerda).
Zejler is seen today as one of the founders of Sorbian national literature.
Memory
His name bears the
State Prize of the Ministry of Science and Art of the Federal State of Saxony.
See also
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Jakub Bart-Ćišinski
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(1856–1909) - Poet, writer, playwright, and translator
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Jan Kilian (1811–1884) - Pastor and leader of the
Sorbian colony in Texas
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Korla Awgust Kocor
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Kocor was born in Berge/Zahor near Großpostwitz/Budestecy. He was the composer of the music of the Lusatia
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(1822–1904) - Composer and conductor
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Ludwig Leichhardt
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(1813–1848) - Explorer and naturalist
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Jan Arnošt Smoler (1816–1884) - Philologist and writer
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Jurij Brězan (1916–2006) - Writer, novelist, and author of children's books
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Jurij Koch
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(b. 1936) - Writer, editor, and reporter
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John Symank
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(1935–2002) - Head coach for
Northern Arizona University
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and the
University of Texas at Arlington
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football teams,
defensive back
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University of Florida
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Mato Kosyk
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(1853–1940) - Poet and minister
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Kito Lorenc
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(1938–2017) - Writer, lyric poet, and translator
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Erwin Strittmatter
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(1912–1994)
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Stanislaw Tillich
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(b. 1959)
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Mina Witkojc
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Works
* ''Dolnoserbske basni'', Budyšin 1925
* ''Wĕn ...
(1893–1975)
References
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Handrij Zejler, Pfarrer, Publizist, Patriot - Begründer der modernen sorbischen Dichtkunst
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1804 births
1872 deaths
People from Bautzen
People from the Electorate of Saxony
German activists
Sorbian-language writers
Writers from Saxony