Mátyás Krajczár ( sl, Matjaš Krajcar, 1876–1958) 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 in the village of Permise (

Kétvölgy Kétvölgy ( sl, Verica-Ritkarovci, ger, Permisch und Riegersdorf) is a village in Vas county, Hungary. Lived and worked in Kétvölgy Károly Doncsecz potter, Master of folk art. See also * Terézia Zakoucs Terézia Zakoucs (born Terézia ...

). His parents were Slovene

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peasants. In 1895 he wrote a manuscript hymnal with Prekmurje-dialect dirges. Many of the dirges were adapted from old hymnals, including from József Gosztony. In the 1950s the communists deported Krajczár to

Hortobágy Hortobágy is a village in Hajdú-Bihar County in eastern Hungary. It lies on the banks of the river, which is crossed at Hortobágy by the Nine-arched Bridge, one of the principal man-made monuments of the Hortobágy National Park. The park c ...

. In 1956 he returned. In 1958 he died; his grave is in the

Apátistvánfalva Apátistvánfalva ( sl, Števanovci, german: Stephansdorf) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. Notable residents * Károly Krajczár (born 1936), Hungarian Slovene teacher * Ferenc Marics (1791–1844), Hungarian teacher * Antal Stevanecz (1861 ...

cemetery.

Literature

* Vilko Novak: Prekmurske rokopisne pesmarice, ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 6/7, Slavistično društvo Slovenije 1974. {{DEFAULTSORT:Krajczar, Matyas Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary 1876 births 1958 deaths