Baron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin ( hu, Túrócszentmárton),

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(present day

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, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in

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) was a Slovak lower nobleman of the House of Jeszenszky, poet,

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writer, translator, and politician. He was a prominent member of the Slovak national movement.

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Album of Slovak Writers – Janko Jesenský
1874 births 1945 deaths Slovak poets Slovak writers Slovak translators People from Martin, Slovakia Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Janko Burials at National Cemetery in Martin Slovak nobility Poets from Austria-Hungary {{Slovakia-writer-stub