Ján Chalupka (28 October 1791 - 15 July 1871) was a
Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor.
Life
He was born in
Horná Mičiná, into the family of Evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka, and was not the only member who chose
literature
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: his brother
Samo Chalupka was also a writer. Chalupka was educated at home, in
Ožďany,
Levoča
Levoča (; ; )
is the principal town of Levoča District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia, with a population of 14,256. The town has a historic center with a well-preserved town wall, a Gothic architecture, Gothic church with the talle ...
,
Prešov
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,
Sárospatak
Sárospatak (; ; Serbian language, Serbian: Муд Стреам; Slovak language, Slovakian: ''Šarišský Potok, Blatný Potok)''
History
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Sárospatak was granted town status in 1201 by Emeric ...
and studied in
Vienna
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and
Jena
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. He was a teacher, from 1817 to 1824 a professor at a lyceum in
Kežmarok and from 1824 until his death a pastor in Brezno.
Works
His main contribution into the
Slovak literature was in drama. His activities were the impulse for the theatrical life in present-day Slovakia. He wrote mainly dramatic satirical works, where he criticized local patriotism,
Magyarization
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aspects, conservatism, limited life goals etc. His first works were in
Czech
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** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
and
Hungarian, but after 1848 he started writing in
Slovak and translated originally Czech works into Slovak.
Drama
Cycle about Kocúrkovo (comedy, "Gotham City"):
* 1830 - ''Kocourkovo, aneb: Jen abychom v hanbě nezůstali''
** 1832 - ''Všecko naopak, aneb: Tesnošilova Anička sa žení a Honzík se vydáva''
** 1833 - ''Trasořitka, anebo: Stará láska se předce dočekala''
** 1835 - ''Třináctá hodina, aneb: Však se nahledíme, kdo bude hlásníkem v Kocourkově''
** 1837 - ''Starouš plesnivec anebo Čtyry svadby na jednom pohřebe v Kocourkově''
* 1835 - ''A vén szerelmes, vagy a Tozházi négy völegény''
* 1854 - ''Dobrovoľníci''
* 1862 - ''Huk a Fuk anebo: Prvý apríl''
* 1862 - ''Černokňažník''
* 1873 - ''Juvelír''
Prose
* 1836 - ''Kocourkovo'' (a prosaic version)
* 1841 - ''Bendeguz, Gyula Kolompos und Pista Kurtaforint. Eine Donquixottiade nach der neuesten Mode von P. P.''
Other
* ''Geschichte der Generalsynoden beider evangelischen Konfessionen in Ungarn vom Jahre 1791'' (History of general synods of both Evangelical confessions in Hungary since 1791)
* ''Schreiben des Grafen Karl Zay, Generalalinspektors der evang. Kirchen und Schulen Augsb. Konf. In Ungarn, an die Prefoessoren zu Leutschau'' (A letter of Earl Karl Zay, general inspector of evangelical churches and schools of Augsburg confession in Hungary, to professors in
Leutschau)
* 1842 - ''Zpěvník evanjelický aneb Písně duchovní staré i nové''
* 1846–47 - ''Kázně nedělní a svátečné''
External links
Ján Chalupka
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chalupka, Jan
1791 births
1871 deaths
People from Banská Bystrica District
19th-century Slovak people
Slovak Lutherans
Slovak dramatists and playwrights
19th-century dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Lutheran clergy