Svetozár Miloslav Hurban, pen name Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (16 January 1847 – 17 August 1916 in Martin) was a Slovak poet,

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and nationalist

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who was twice imprisoned. Born in

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, he was the son of

Jozef Miloslav Hurban Jozef Miloslav Hurban ( hu, Hurbán József Miloszláv; pseudonyms ''Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský'', 19 March 1817 – 21 February 1888) was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak ...

.''Illustrated Slovak History: A Struggle for Sovereignty in Anton Špiesz'', Ladislaus J. Bolchazy. 2006. Page 150. "Another leading figure of the Slovak Movement in the 1870s and 1880s was Svetozar Hurban Vajansky, the son of Jozef Miloslav, who was not only a prolific poet and author, but a publicist and ideologist of the Slovak struggle at the turn of the ... He died in

Martin, Slovakia Martin (; sk, Turčiansky Svätý Martin until 1950, hu, Turócszentmárton, German language, German: ''Turz-Sankt Martin'', Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis'') is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec (Váh), Turiec river, ...

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1847 births 1916 deaths Burials at National Cemetery in Martin Slovak male writers Slovak poets People from Senica District {{Slovakia-writer-stub