- Andrej Sládkovič
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birth_date = 30 March 1820
birth_place =Krupina (Korpona),Habsburg Monarchy (nowSlovakia )
death_date = 20 April 1872 (aged 52)
death_place = Radvaň nad Hronom (Radvány),Habsburg Monarchy (nowSlovakia )
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footnotes =Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič, 30 March 1820 in
Krupina (Korpona) – 20 April 1872 in Radvaň (Radvány) nearBanská Bystrica (Besztercebánya)) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator.Life
He was born to the teacher's family in Krupina. He studied at his home town (1826–30), in
Peretvönyi (1830–31), later attended "gymnasium" in Krupina and Evangelical lyceums inBanská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya) (1839–40) and Pressburg (Pozsony, presentBratislava ) (1840–1842) and finally studied theology at the University of Halle (1843–44). He became subsequently a pastor inHrochoť (Horhát) (1847) and from 1856 until his death in Radvaň nad Hronom. He was a member of the Štúr's group and was also one of the founders of theMatica slovenská .Works
*"Sôvety" (1843–44)
*"Marína" (1846, his most significant poem, also translated into Hungarian, German, Polish and French)
*"Zaspievam pieseň o slobodnej vlasti" (1848)
*"Nehaňte ľud môj" (1848)
*"Detvan" (1853, an opera was made in 1928)
*"Milica" (1858)
*"Svätomartiniáda" (1861)
*"Pamiatka na deň 4. augusta" (1863, remembers establishment of the Matica slovenská)
*"Hojže, Bože, jak to bolí, keď sa junač roztratí" (1863)
*"Lipa cyrilo-metodejská" (1864)
*"Gróf Mikuláš Šubić Zrínsky na Sihoti" (1866)Sládkovič also translated works from German (J. W. Goethe), Russian (A. Pushkin) and French (
Voltaire ,Jean Racine ).External links
* [http://www.osobnosti.sk/index.php?os=zivotopis&ID=58752 Andrej Sládkovič at osobnosti.sk] sk icon
* [http://zlatyfond.sme.sk/autor/64/Andrej-Sladkovic/ A complete collection of his poems available for download at Zlatý fond SME] sk icon
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