Jan Chalupka

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Jan Chalupka

Ján Chalupka (born October 28, 1791 in Horná Mičiná , Kingdom of Hungary , today Slovakia ; † July 15, 1871 in Brezno , Austria-Hungary , today Slovakia) was a Slovak writer , playwright , publicist and Protestant pastor.

Life

Ján Chalupka was born in the family of the evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka; His brother and writer Samo Chalupka was born into this family . First he got an education at home, then went to school in Brezno and Ožďany , then to the colleges in Leutschau , Eperies and Sárospatak , before completing his studies in Vienna and Jena . He worked as a teacher in Neusohl , Ožďany and Käsmark , then from 1824 until his death as a pastor in Brezno.

Works

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Ján Chalupka is best known for his contribution as the founder of Slovak drama. He wrote in Czech until 1848, then in Slovak and also translated works written in Czech into Slovak. Occasionally he also wrote in German and Hungarian. In his works, local patriotism and the petty bourgeoisie, attempts at Magyarization , slavery, conservatism and bourgeois cowardice are criticized and mocked. He uses the phenomenon "Kocúrkovo", the Slovak equivalent of the German city Schilda or English Gotham . To this day, the word Kocúrkovo is used in Slovak to express underdevelopment, confusing circumstances, chaos and the like.

drama

  • Kocúrkovo (comedy cycle, Czech: Kocourkovo ):
    • 1830 - Kocourkovo, aneb: Jen abychom v hanbě nezůstali , or Slovak: Kocúrkovo, alebo: Len aby sme v hanbe nezostali (translated: Kocourkovo or: Just so that we do not remain in shame ).
    • 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, Slovak: Starúš pliesnivec alebo: Štyri svadby na jednom pohrabe v Kocúrkove (translated: The white horse or: Four weddings and a funeral in Kocourkov ).
  • 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 a Pišta Kurtaforint . Novel, written in Hungarian, published in German: Bendeguz, Gyula Kolompos and Pista Kurtaforint. A donquixottiade in the latest fashion from PP , satire.

Other

  • 1838 - What are the most certain means of spreading the Magyar language among the inhabitants of Hungary? , political writing
  • 1841 - Hungarian turmoil and quarrels , political writing
  • 1841 - Letter from Count Carl Zay, General-Inspector of the Evangelical Churches and Schools of the Augsburg Confession in Hungary to the Professors in Leutschau , brochure
  • 1842 - Zpěvník evanjelický aneb Písně duchovní staré i nové , hymn book
  • 1846/1847 - Kázně nedělní a svátečné , sermons
  • 1858 - History of the general synods of both Protestant denominations of the Hungarians from 1791 , historical study
  • 1874 - Hrdá pýcha skrotla

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personal data
SURNAME Chalupka, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak writer and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Horná Mičiná , Kingdom of Hungary , now Slovakia
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1871
Place of death Brezno , Austria-Hungary