Nationality Slovak Name Jan Chalupka | Occupation dramatist Role Dramatist | |
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Born 28 October 1791 Horna Micina, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia) Died July 15, 1871, Brezno, Slovakia | ||
Jan Chalupka (28 October 1791 - 15 July 1871) was a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor.
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Life
He was born in Horna Micina, into the family of Evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka, and was not the only member who chose literature: his brother Samo Chalupka was also a writer. Chalupka was educated at home, in Ozdany, Levoca, Presov, Sarospatak and studied in Vienna and Jena. He was a teacher, from 1817 to 1824 a professor at a lyceum in Kezmarok and from 1824 until his death a pastor in Brezno.
Works
His main contribution into the Slovak literature was in drama. His activities were the impulse for the theatrical life in present-day Slovakia. He wrote mainly dramatic satirical works, where he criticized local patriotism, Magyarization aspects, conservatism, limited life goals etc. His first works were in Czech and Hungarian, but after 1848 he started writing in Slovak and translated originally Czech works into Slovak.
Drama
Cycle about Kocurkovo (comedy, "Gotham City"):