- József Kossics
József Kossics, also known in Slovene as Jožef Košič (around
October 9 1788 ,Bogojina ,Kingdom of Hungary , todaySlovenia –December 26 1867 .Felsőszölnök ,Hungary ) was a Hungarian-Slovenia n writer, Catholic priest, ethnologist, linguist, poet and historian. Was ofCroatia n descent.His father József Kossics teacher born in
Varaždin . In 1780 enter employment in Hungary, in Bogojina (Bagonya). In 1785 was to take sy Anna Kregár daughter of a petty nobleman ofIvanci . His brother Ferenc was as well priest and lived inZagreb .He took the office of priest in the first half of 19th century in
Alsószölnök and later inFelsõszölnök (1829-1867) in the Vas country. He was also a poet, linguist, historian and an ethnologist. He was a subscriber of the Hungarian scientific revue "Tudományos gyűjtemény". In 1828, his monograph about theHungarian Slovenes appeared in this magazine, gaining him high respect in the ethnological circles. Kossics continued to follow attentively the developments in the Hungarian scientific and cultural life.In his pursuit of valorization of ethnoligic peculiarities, he later developed a somehow activistic stance. In 1837, he joined an appeal, according to which a poem from every ethnic group living in the
Kingdom of Hungary should be read in the respective mother tongue on the occasion of the opening of the Hungarian National Theatre in Pest. For this purpose,Kossics himself wrote a wrote a poem in his Slovene mother tongue and added a Hungarian coarse translation.ee also
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Hungarian Slovenes
*List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
*Prekmurje References
* Mária Mukics: "Changing World - The Hungarian Slovenes" ("Változó Világ" - "A magyarországi szlovének") Press Publica
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