Michal Miloslav Hodža

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Michal Miloslav Hodža

Michal Miloslav Hodža (born September 22, 1811 in Rakša , Kingdom of Hungary , now Slovakia ; † March 26, 1870 in Teschen , Austrian Silesia ) was a Slovak politician, Lutheran pastor, poet, linguist, representative of the Slovak national movement in the 1840s and member of the “three group” Štúr -Hodža- Hurban .

Life

He was one of the organizers of Slovak cultural life in the 1840s: for example, he was the chairman of the Tatrín Association . In the revolutions of 1848/49 he was one of the leaders (with Štúr and Hurban) of the anti-Magyar Slovak uprising .

Hodža was also involved in the codification of the standard Slovak language . In the early 1830s he was still using the Biblical Czech language, but then he supported the standard language of Štúr, based on the Middle-Slovak dialect, although he had dissenting opinions on some areas of spelling. His designs were finally accepted in 1852 and codified by Martin Hattala . This standard is still valid today with several changes.

Today streets and squares in various Slovak cities are named in his honor . The Grassalkovich Palace , today the seat of the Slovak President , is located on Hodžovo námestie in the capital Bratislava .

Works

  • Meč krivdy (“Sword of Injustice ”) - 1836
  • Ňepi pálenku, to je Ňezabi - 1845, sermon
  • Dobruo slovo Slovákom, súcim na slovo - 1847, brochure
  • Epigenes slovenicus (“Slovak Agreement”) - 1847
  • Hlas k národu slovenskému (“Voice to the Slovak Nation”) - 1848, proclamation
  • Větín o slovenčine - 1848
  • Slovak - 1848
  • Matora - 1856, lyrical-epic poetry
  • Šlabikár ("Primer") - 1859
  • Prvá čítanka pre slovenské ev. Av školy (“The first reading book for Slovak Evangelical Schools AB”) - 1860
  • Slavomiersky - 1861
  • Dohovor - 1862, brochure
  • Protestant proti protestantským unionistům v cirkvi av v Uhřích (“A Protestant against the Protestant unionists in the Evangelical Church AB in the Kingdom of Hungary ”) - 1863
  • Most insubordinate Promemoria about ecclesiastical affairs in Hungary with the Slovaks of the Evangelical Lutheran Confession - 1866

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personal data
SURNAME Hodža, Michal Miloslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak priest and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Rakša
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1870
Place of death Cieszyn