István Szijjártó ( sl, Števan Sijarto) ( – 10 September 1833) was a
Slovene Lutheran teacher and poet in
Hungary.
He was born in
Večeslavci
Večeslavci (; hu, Vasvecsés, german: Sesseldorf or ''Sessldorf'') is a village in the Municipality of Rogašovci in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia.
The Lutheran teacher and poet István Szijjártó
István Szijjártó ( sl, ...
(
Prekmurje), near the
Styria
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n border. His father was Iván Szijjártó, a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in
Nemescsó
Nemescsó ( ger, Tschobing, Croatian and sl, Čobin) is a village in Vas county, Hungary
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and in
Sopron, at the Lutheran
lyceum (?–1783). He taught in
Križevci from 1787 to 1806 in
Puconci. He later worked in
Domanjševci
Domanjševci (; in older sources also ''Domanjšovci'', hu, Domonkosfa) is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary.
There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Cathol ...
, where he died.
In 1796, his hymnal ''Mrtvecsne Peszmi'' (Dirges) was published.
Works
* ''Mrtvecsne Peszmi'' (Dirges), 1796
* ''Molitvi na sztári szlovenszki jezik obrnyene'' (Prayers Translated into Old Slovene), 1797
* ''Sztarisinsztvo, i zvacsinsztvo'' (Marriage and Wedding), 1807
* ''Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinsztvo'', 1852
See also
*
List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
References
* Anton Trstenjak: ''Slovenci na Ogrskem,'' Narodnapisna in književna črtica, Objava arhivskih virov
Maribor
Maribor ( , , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is also the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor, th ...
2006.
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1765 births
1833 deaths
People from the Municipality of Rogašovci
Slovenian Lutherans
Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary
Hungarian educators
People from the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci