Miska Magyarics, official name Mihály Magyarics, ( sl, Miška Madjarič, Mihál Madjarič) (31 January 1825 – 8 January 1883) was a

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poet. Magyarics was born in Mali Dolenci in the

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(now Dolenci,

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). His parents were Jakab Magyarics, a

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peasant, and Anna Messics. In the second half of the 19th century by right of the tradition of his village, Magyarics wrote a Catholic hymnal in

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(279 pages and 115 hymns). He died in Mali Dolenci and was buried at Dolenci Cemetery near St. Nicholas's Church on 10 January 1883.

Literature

* Ivan Škafar: ''Bibliografija prekmurskih tiskov od 1715 do 1919'',

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1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Magyarics, Miska 1825 births 1883 deaths People from the Municipality of Šalovci Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets 19th-century poets

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