Name Mihaly Fincicky | ||
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Born 22 September 1842 Csepely, Hungary Died 1916
Ungvar, Austria-Hungary | ||
Mihály Fincicky (Čepeľ, since 1914 part of Velke Kapusany, 22 September 1842 – Ungvár 1916) was a Hungarian lawyer, translator, collector of folk songs and folk tales, lifelong mayor of Ungvár since 1891.
Biography
He and his colleagues collected 339 folk-songs and 92 folk tales. The original version of this collection of Rusyn songs is unavailable. The collection has been published in Hungarian by Kisfaludy Társaság in 1870 as a part of the series Hazai, nem magyar ajkú népköltészet tára. After retiring, he translated 40 of the fairy tales collected by him. These were published in 1970.
References
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