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

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'',

1796 (Small Tenet of the Holy Histories of the Old and New Testament)

References

* Mária Mukics (2003), "The Slovenians of Hungary", Changing World.
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