István Szijjártó () ( – 10 September 1833) was a Slovene

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teacher and poet in

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. He was born in Večeslavci (

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), near the

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n border. His father was Iván Szijjártó, a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in

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and in

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, at the Lutheran

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(?–1783). He taught in

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from 1787 to 1806 in

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. He later worked in

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, 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

References

* Anton Trstenjak: ''Slovenci na Ogrskem,'' Narodnapisna in književna črtica, Objava arhivskih virov

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2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Szijjarto, Istvan 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

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