József Klekl Jr. ( sl, Jožef Klekl, 3 March 1879 – 24 September 1936) was a Slovene writer, journalist, and

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

priest in

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, later in

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur R ...

(the Slovene March). Klekl was born in

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, near

Tišina Tišina (; hu, Csendlak) is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Tišina. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Dioce ...

, the son of András Klekl and Anna Lülik. András Klekl's brother was István Klekl, the father of József Klekl, who was a Slovene politician and also a Catholic priest. The grandfather of the Klekl brothers, Anton Klekl, was of

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descent from

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. Klekl was ordained on 27 June 1902 in

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

. For four years he was a curate in Sveti Jurij, near

Rogašovci Rogašovci (; in older sources also ''Rogačovci'', hu, Szarvaslak) is a settlement in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Rogašovci. It is part of the Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ...

, one year in

Rechnitz Rechnitz ( hr, Rohunac, hu, Rohonc, Rohoncz, Romani: ''Rochonca'') is a municipality in Burgenland in the Oberwart district in Austria. Geography The municipality is located in southern Burgenland, on the border with Hungary, near Bozsok and ...

among the

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, three years in

Turnišče Turnišče (; hu, Bántornya, Prekmurje Slovene: ''Törnišče'',Snoj, Marko. 2009. ''Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen''. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, pp. 442–443. german: Turnitz) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat o ...

, and one year in

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

. By 1911 he was priest in Dolenci, where he died in 1936. From 1906 to 1919 he served as the editor of the

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

almanac ''Kalendar Srca Jezušovoga'', and from 1918 to 1919 was the editor of the newspaper ''Novine.'' In 1918 he supported the program for an autonomous Slovene March ''(Slovenska krajina)'' in

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. After

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he supported the use of the Prekmurje dialect. His articles were highly critical of

communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society ...

. There is a statue of Klekl near St. Nicholas's Church in Dolenci.

Literature

* Géfin Gyula A Szombathelyi Egyházmegye története: 1777-1935 III. kötet,

Martineum Ny., 1935. * Stopinje 2003, Murska Sobota 2002.
Franc Kuzmič: Bibliografija Jožefa Klekla mlajšega

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klekl, Jozsef 1879 births 1936 deaths People from the Municipality of Tišina 20th-century Slovenian Roman Catholic priests Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian politicians Slovenian anti-communists

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