Martin Kukučín
Martin Kukučín , actually Matej Bencúr (born May 17, 1860 in Jasenová , Austrian Empire , today Slovakia ; † May 21, 1928 in Pakrac , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , today Croatia ) was a Slovak writer , playwright, publicist and doctor
Life
Kukučín was born into a noble family and attended high schools in Revúca , Martin and Neusohl (1871–1875), then a preparatory work in Kláštor pod Znievom (1875–1878). He completed his high school studies in Sopron in 1885 and wanted to study theology in Pressburg , but then chose the medical faculty at Charles University in Prague and stayed there until 1893.
Due to insufficient labor supply in Slovakia, he moved to Selca on the island of Brač in Dalmatia , where he became a community doctor in 1894. Due to social disputes, Kukučín left the island with his wife Perica Didolić in 1907 and emigrated to Chile in South America . After spending a year in Santiago de Chile , he moved to Punta Arenas in Patagonia and lived there in a community of Croatian emigrants. Only after the establishment of Czechoslovakia did Kukučín return to Europe and after a short stay in Paris he came to Czechoslovakia in autumn 1922. In the years 1923–1925 he moved between Martin and Croatian thermal baths. At the end of 1925 he traveled again to Chile to settle property matters and returned in the spring of 1926. Because of his mental illness, he settled in the Croatian thermal bath Lipik .
He died of pneumonia on May 21, 1928 in Pakrac hospital . He was first buried in the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb before his remains were moved to the Martin National Cemetery in October 1928 .
Works
Martin Kukučín can be assigned to realism as an author . In his works he wrote mainly about the simple life in the country, but also about student life and Prague. When he emigrated, he also wrote about Dalmatia, life in South America and later also about historical topics.
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- Travel reports
- 1897 - V Dalmácii a na Čiernej hore
- 1901 - Rijeka - Rohić - Záhreb
- 1922 - Prechádzka po Patagónii
- 1923 - Dojmy z Francúzska
- drama
- 1888 - Komasácia
- 1922 - Bacúchovie dvor
- 1924 - Obeta
literature
Martin Kukučín. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 338.
Web links
- Entry about Martin Kukučín on Literárne informačné centrum ( Slovak )
- Martin Kukučín on osobnosti.sk (Slovak)
- Digitized works by Martin Kukučín (Slovak)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Kukučín ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in literature in the context of the University of Vienna accessed on 23 January
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kukučín, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bencúr, Matej (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak writer and medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jasenová , Austrian Empire , today Slovakia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1928 |
| Place of death | Pakrac , SHS state , today Croatia |