Mihály Zsupánek ( sl, Mihael Županek; 7 March 1830 – 19 January 1905 or 24 January 1898) was a Slovene poet in

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, the father of János Zsupánek and grandfather of Vilmoš Županek. Born in

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(

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), his parents were Péter Zsupanek and Judit Tolvay. He fought in the

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and he participated in the

battle of Solferino The Battle of Solferino (referred to in Italy as the Battle of Solferino and San Martino) on 24 June 1859 resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmont-Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II (together know ...

. In

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he learned standard Slovene hymns. In Dolenci he was an assistant cantor and preserved an old

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 ...

hymnal, as Ferenc Sbüll the poet replaced the old hymns. Some hymns are from the Old Hymnal of Martjanci. Zsupánek also wrote Hungarian hymns.

Works

* Peszmaricza (1865) * Nedelne peszmi (1867) * Énekeskönyv (ca. 1865) * Military hymns * Csudálatos kép * Litanije Szrcza Jezus * Mrtvecsne peszmi (ca. 1875) * Poszlüsajte krscseniczi

Works

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