Balázs Berke () was a Slovene poet, writer, and

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priest in

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, in the Slovene March (today

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and Vendvidék). Born was in Kančevci in 1754 to the petty noble family which belonged to the local gentry. He studied in

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in Saxony, and in 1782 he returned to Hungary. He worked in Puconci, Surd, and

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, and then in 1803 in Hodoš. He married noblewoman Rosalia Gyenesse (Jenesse) with which he had multiple children. The fact that count Maximilian Batthyany was the godfather of Berkes children, it may be presumed that he was very respected man in the community. He died in

around 1821. Berke wrote the

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book ''Ode Saphica honori ac venerationi Adami Farkas solemnia suis nominis celebrantis'' (a commemoration of the poet Ádám Farkas) and a hymnal in the

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titled ''Szlovenszke Dühovne peszmi'' (Slovene Hymns, 1768–1769).

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* Vilko Novak: ''Martjanska pesmarica,'' ZALOŽBA ZRC.

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1997.

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