Jozef Ignác Bajza

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name = Jozef Ignác Bajza


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birth_date = 5 March 1755
birth_place = Predmier, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia)
death_date = 1 December 1836 (aged 81)
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Jozef Ignác Bajza (* 5 March 1755 in Predmier, † 1 December 1836 in Bratislava) was a Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest.

He is best known for his novel "René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi" (original, modern spelling "René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti"), which was the first novel written in Slovak language. He is buried in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava.

Works

*1782 - "Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa" (unpublished)
*1784 - "René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi" (first part)
*1785 - "René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi" (second part, unpublished)
*1789 - "Anti-Fándly" (work written against Juraj Fándly)
*1789–1796 - "Kresťánské katolícké náboženstvo..." ďíl 1.–5. (five volumes)
*1794 - "Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata, jednako-konco-hlasné a zvuko-mírne"
*1794 - "Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata. Druhá knižka obsahujícá zvuko-mírné"
*1795 - "Veselé účinki, a rečeňí, které k stráveňu trúchľivích hoďín zebral a vidal…" (book of anecdotes, satirical and humorous short stories)
*1813 - "Prikladi ze svatého Písma starího a novího Zákona" (second volume issued in 1820)