Mátyás Krajczár (, 1876–1958) was a Hungarian Slovene writer in the village of Permise (

Kétvölgy Kétvölgy ( ) is a village in Vas county, Hungary. Lived and worked in Kétvölgy Károly Doncsecz potter, Master of folk art. The village is one of the localities where Slovenes live. See also * Terézia Zakoucs Terézia Zakoucs (born Te ...

). His parents were Slovene

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peasants. In 1895 he wrote a manuscript hymnal with Prekmurje-dialect dirges. Many of the dirges were adapted from old hymnals, including from József Gosztony. In the 1950s the communists deported Krajczár to

Hortobágy Hortobágy is a village in Hajdú-Bihar County in eastern Hungary. It lies on the banks of the river, which is crossed at Hortobágy by the Nine-arched Bridge, one of the principal man-made monuments of the Hortobágy National Park. The park ...

. In 1956 he returned. In 1958 he died; his grave is in the

Apátistvánfalva Apátistvánfalva (, ) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. Notable residents

* Károly Krajczár (born 1936), Hungarian Slovene teacher * Ferenc Marics (1791–1844), Hungarian teacher * Antal Stevanecz (1861–1921), Hungarian Slovene teach ...

cemetery.

Literature

* Vilko Novak: Prekmurske rokopisne pesmarice, ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 6/7, Slavistično društvo Slovenije 1974. Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary 1876 births 1958 deaths {{Slovenia-writer-stub