Mihály Kolossa

Mihály Kolossa (Slovene: Mihael Kološa, September 21, 1846 – September 3, 1906) was a Slovene ploughman and writer in Hungary.

He was born in Puconci, but his father was from Sebeborci. Kolossa's mother, Éva Skrilec, was from Tešanovci. His wife was Terézia Fartély.

Kolossa and the notar of Puconci, Gergely Luthár, reworked and published the new issue of the Lutheran dead-hymnal Mrtvecsne peszmi in Prekmurian language in 1887. The origianal author of the book was István Szijjártó.

Kolossa died from Tuberculosis and was buried in Sebeborci.

Literature

• Ivan Škafar: Bibliografija prekmurskih tiskov od 1715 do 1919, Ljubljana 1978.

See also

• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

Persondata
Name	Kolossa, Mihály
Alternative names
Short description	Writer
Date of birth	September 21, 1846
Place of birth
Date of death	September 3, 1906
Place of death