Life
Janko Matúška was born into a craftsman's family in Dolný Kubín, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary. He began to attend school there, then probably at the ''Gymnázium'' of Gemer (village), Gemer (Sajógömör) and finally he studied at the prestigious Lutheran Lyceum of Bratislava, Pressburg (preparatory high school and college) where he took courses in the Institute of Czechoslovak Language and Literature while majoring in theology. Ľudovít Štúr, the only professor teaching courses offered by the institute at that time, was fired in December 1843 under pressure from the kingdom's authorities, who Magyarization#Magyarization during Dualism, objected to his pro-Slovak activism. 23-year-old Janko Matúška wrote "Lightning over the Tatras" when he and other students were agitated about the subsequent repeated denials of their appeals to the school board to reverse Štúr's dismissal. About two dozen students, including Matúška, decided to leave the ''lýceum'' in protest in March 1844. Matúška went to take his final exams at the Lutheran ''Gymnasium (school), gymnázium'' in Tisovec (Tiszolc). He lived in Orava (region), Orava (Árva) for most of his adult life, and stopped writing after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He worked in government offices after 1850, and was Clerk of the County Court in Dolný Kubín from 1870 to 1875. He died the day after his 56th birthday and was buried in Dolný Kubín.Works
He started writing at the lyceum. He focused on poetry, especially ballads and fables. He also wrote some prose and drama and translated from Polish, for instance ''Dziady (poem), Dziady'' by Adam Mickiewicz.Poetry
* 1844 - ''Nad Tatrou sa blýska'' * ''Púchovská skala'' * ''Svätý zákon'' * ''Hrdoš'' * ''Sokolíček plavý'' * ''Preletel sokolík nad tichým Dunajom'' * ''Slepý starec'' * ''Po dolinách'' * ''Vzdychy spod Lysice'' * ''Kozia skala''Prose
* ''Zhoda liptovská'' (novella)Selections and collections
* 1921 - ''Janka Matúšku Zobrané spisy básnické'' * 1971 - ''Piesne a báje'', selection from poetry, prose and dramaDrama
* 1846 - ''Siroty''References
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