Juraj Fándly

Juraj Fándly (born October 21, 1750 in Častá ; † March 7, 1811 in Doľany ) was a Slovak writer and priest .

Life

His parents lived temporarily in Častá. The father, a farmer and artisan, soon died and the mother moved to the neighboring community of Doľany. Fándly also attended elementary school here, then switched to grammar school in Svätý Jur . From 1767 to 1768 he studied with the Franciscans in Márie Hátu , and later with the Capuchins and Petri disciples. Because of his poor health, he was initially not given any priestly ordinations.

In 1771 he began to study theology in Buda and continued it from 1773 at the seminary in Trnava . On February 15 In 1777 he was finally ordained a priest, and the place became a chaplain in Sereď . He worked briefly in Lukáčovce near Nitra , from autumn 1780 to January 1807 as a pastor in Naháč in what is now Okres Trnava .

In between, in 1792, he took over the function of treasurer and board member of the Slovenské učené tovaryšstvo cultural association , a Jesuit association .

His parish was the poorest in the whole district. The building was derelict, and the wages were poor. Despite these adversities, he carried out his work diligently. He began processing cotton in the church buildings so that his parishioners could alleviate their hunger. He exercised the role of herbalist and doctor. These deeds of his were also reflected in his literature.

The persecution by the church authorities, weakened by deprivation but also by distrust, weakened his health. Sick, tired and disappointed, he goes to his family in Ompitál (today Doľany).

person

Juraj Fándly was the most progressive and active personality and writer of the first generation of rebirth in Slovakia .

Works

In his works one can find ideas of Josephinism , attempt to advance national progress, and strong social sentiment.

In 1789 his first volume, Confidential Contract between Monk and the Devil , a literary form of the Josephine reforms, appeared. The third and fourth parts of this extensive work were banned after the death of Joseph II and Fándly was punished with a two-week prison term in the monastery.

Honors

• 2000 Slovakia: Commemorative coin for 200 Korún on the 250th anniversary of his birth. Silver, 750 fine, 20 g

literature

• Dúverná zmlúva (1789) (today often incorrectly translated as confidential contract , "zmlúva" in the (West) Slovak language of the time meant a conversation or chat , derived from the verb zmlúvat / rozmlúvat = to conduct a conversation)
• Piľní domajší a poľní hospodár (1792–1800) (hardworking landlord and landlord)
• Zelinkár (medicinal herb collector's manual)
• O úhoroch ai včelách rozmlúváňí (1801) (Treatise on (?) Fallow land and also on bees)
• Slovenskí včelár (1802) (Slovak beekeeper)
• Príhodné a svátečné kázňe (1795–1796) (occasional and solemn sermons)
• Compendiata historia gentis Slavae (1793)

Biographies

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Fándly (Fandl), Juraj . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 28th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 330 ( digitized version ).
• J. Tibenský: Juraj Fándly, Bratislava 1950.

See also List of Slovak Writers and Portal: Slovakia