Samo Chalupka (27 February 1812, Horná Lehota, Brezno District – 19 May 1883, Horná Lehota) was a Slovak Lutheran priest and

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poet.

Life

Samo Chalupka was a younger brother of

Ján Chalupka Ján Chalupka (28 October 1791 - 15 July 1871) was a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor. Life He was born in Horná Mičiná, into the family of Evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka, and was not the only member who cho ...

, another Slovak writer. Samo studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Lyceum in

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and also in

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. He studied theology and philosophy. When an uprising against Russia broke out in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

in 1830, Samo Chalupka interrupted his long studies and fought on the Polish side. He was injured in 1831 and returned to Bratislava. He was the oldest member of the Ľudovít Štúr generation of the

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. He was one of the founders and active members of the Czech-Slovak Society.

Creation

He started writing in the so-called Czech biblical language while studying at lyceum in

. His debut poems were published in the almanac ''Plody'' (Fruit), in 1836. His works includes themes such as Slovak nature, patriotism and loyalty to his homeland and people. He often used Slovak folk songs in his works. In the 1840s, he joined the

led by Ľudovít Štúr because he wanted to codify the language of his nation. His first poem compilation ''Spevy'' (Vocals, 1868) was about this topic.

Works

Poetry

*1829 - ''Repertorium dispositionum'' *1834 - ''Koníku moj vraný'' Heje *1834 - ''Nářek slovenský'' *1834 - ''Píseň vojenská'' *1864 - '' Mor ho!'' *1868 - ''Spevy'': **''Likavský väzeň'' (original ''Jánošíkova náumka'') **''Kráľoholská'' **''Branko'' **''Kozák'' (original ''Syn vojny'') **''Turčín Poničan'' **''Boj pri Jelšave'' **''Odboj Kupov'' *''Vojenská'' *''Juhoslovanom'' *''Bolo i bude'' *''Večer pod Tatrou'' *''Při návratu do vlasti'' *''Smutek'' *''Toužba po vlasti'' *''Má vlast''

Translations

* 1843 - ''Pálenka otrava'', translation of

Heinrich Zschokke Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (22 March 177127 June 1848) was a German, later Swiss, author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputation earned, in Switzerland. He had an extensive civil service career, and wrote hist ...

''Brandweinpest''

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