Miklós Küzmics (Slovene: Mikloš Küzmič; September 15, 1737 – April 11, 1804) was a
Hungarian Slovene
Hungarian Slovenes (Slovenian language, Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an indigenous peoples, autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovenes, Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Ráb ...
writer and translator.
Biography
Küzmics was born in
Dolnji Slaveči and died in
Kančevci. His parents were János and Erzsébet Küsmics
ic He was trained as a school supervisor for the
Slovene Catholic school
Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...
s in
Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...
. Miklós Küzmics wrote the first bilingual textbook for the
Hungarian Slovenes
Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes ( sl, porabski Slovenci, dialecticall ...
, entitled ''ABC knizsica narodni soul haszek'' (Elementary School Primer), which he translated from German into
Hungarian and Slovene. This booklet, which contained the first Slovene-Hungarian dictionary, appeared in
Buda
Buda (; german: Ofen, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Budim, Будим, Czech and sk, Budín, tr, Budin) was the historic capital of the Kingdom of Hungary and since 1873 has been the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest, on the ...
in 1790.
He also translated the four Gospels into
Prekmurje Slovene
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 ...
. The book was printed in 1804 in
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
as ''Szvéti Evangyeliomi''.
Although they had the same surname, Miklós Küzmics was not related to
István Küzmics
István Küzmics (also known in Slovene as Štefan or Števan Küzmič, c.1723 – December 22, 1779) was the most important Lutheran writer of the Slovenes in Hungary
Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi ...
, the most important Protestant writer and educator of the
Hungarian Slovenes
Hungarian Slovenes ( Slovene: ''Madžarski Slovenci'', hu, Magyarországi szlovének) are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in Hungary. The largest groups are the Rába Slovenes ( sl, porabski Slovenci, dialecticall ...
in
Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...
.
Works
* ''Krátká Summa Velikoga Katekizmussa'',
Sopron
Sopron (; german: Ödenburg, ; sl, Šopron) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.
History
Ancient times-13th century
When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a ...
1780 (Small Tenet of the Great Catechism)
* ''
Szvéti evangyeliomi'', 1780 (Holy Gospels)
* ''Szlovenszki Silabikar'', 1780 (Slovene Service Book)
* ''Pomoucs Beté'snih, Mirajoucsih'', 1781
* ''Kniga Molitvena, na haszek Szlovénszkegá národá'', 1783 (Prayer Book for the Slovene Nation)
* ''ABC Kni'sicza na narodni soul haszek'',
Büdin 1790 (The Alphabet Booklet in Favor of the Nationality Schools)
* ''Sztárogá i nouvogá Testamentumé svéte histórie Kratke Summa'',
Szombathely
Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...
1796 (Small Tenet of the Holy Histories of the Old and New Testament)
See also
*
List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
This is a list of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary.
A
* Imre Augustich
B
* József Bagáry
* Mária Bajzek Lukács
* Mihály Bakos
* István Ballér
* Irén Barbér
* Mihály Barla
* Iván Bassa
* József Bassa
* Balázs Berke
* Fe ...
References
* Mária Mukics (2003), "The Slovenians of Hungary", Changing World.
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1737 births
1804 deaths
People from the Municipality of Grad
18th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests
Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
Hungarian translators
Slovenian translators
18th-century translators