Religion Evangelic Name Andrej Sladkovic | Role Poet | |
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Born 30 March 1820 Krupina, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia) Other names born as Andrej Braxatoris Died 1872, Radvan, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia | ||
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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 near Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator.
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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 in Banská Štiavnica (Selmecbánya) (1839–40) and Pressburg (Pozsony, present Bratislava) (1840–1842) and finally studied theology at the University of Halle (1843–44). He became subsequently a pastor in Hrochoť (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 the Matica slovenská.
Works
Sládkovič also translated works from German (J. W. Goethe), Russian (A. Pushkin) and French (Voltaire, Jean Racine).
