Jozef Ignác Bajza ( hu, Bajza József Ignác; 5 March 1755 – 1 December 1836) was an ethnically Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest in the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

. He is best known for his novel ''René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi'' (original, modern spelling ''René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti''), which was the first novel written in Slovak. He is buried in St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava.

Works

*1782 : ''Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa'' (unpublished) *1784 : ''René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi'' (first part) *1785 : ''René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi'' (second part, unpublished) *1789 : ''Anti-Fándly'' (work written against

Juraj Fándly Juraj Fándly ( hu, György Fándly or ''György Fandl''; 21 October 1750 – 7 March 1811) was a Slovak writer, Catholic priest and entomologist (bee-keeper) in the Kingdom of Hungary. Life He was born in Častá (Cseszte), Kingdom of Hung ...

) *1789–1796 : ''Kresťánské katolícké náboženstvo...'' ďíl 1.–5. (five volumes) *1794 : ''Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata, jednako-konco-hlasné a zvuko-mírne'' *1794 : ''Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata. Druhá knižka obsahujícá zvuko-mírné'' *1795 : ''Veselé účinki, a rečeňí, které k stráveňu trúchľivích hoďín zebral a vidal…'' (book of anecdotes, satirical and humorous short stories) *1813 : ''Prikladi ze svatého Písma starího a novího Zákona'' (second volume issued in 1820)

Works online

''Anti-Fándly aneb Dúverné Zmlúwánj mezi Theodulusem, tretího Franciskánúw rádu bosákem, a Gurem Fándly, ...''
W Halle: .n. 1789. 62 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library * BAJZA, J. I., FÁNDLY, J., BERNOLÁK, A.br>''Ešče Ňečo o Epigrammatéch, anebožto Málorádkoch M. W. P. Gozefa Bagza nowotného slowenského Epi Grammatistu ...''
ole Eliziské .n. 791 15 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library * BAJZA, J. I., BERNOLÁK, A.br>''Nečo o epigrammatech, anebožto Malorádkoch Gozefa Ignáca Bagzi, Dolnodubowského Pána Farára, oprawdiwím Slowákom k Uwažováňú predložené ...''
Žilina: Štefan Prisol, 1794. 36 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library 1755 births 1836 deaths People from Bytča District Slovak Roman Catholic priests 18th-century Hungarian male writers 19th-century Hungarian male writers Burials at St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava 19th-century Hungarian novelists Hungarian male novelists {{Slovakia-bio-stub