Andrej Sládkovič

Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič, 31 March 1820, in Krupina (Korpona) – 20 April 1872, in Radvaň near Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator and Lutheran priest.

Andrej Sládkovič
Portrait by Jozef Božetech Klemens
Born30 March 1820
Krupina, Habsburg monarchy (now Slovakia)
Died20 April 1872 (aged 52)
Radvaň nad Hronom, Habsburg monarchy (now Slovakia)
Other namesborn as Andrej Braxatoris

Life

Andrej Sládkovič was born into a family of teachers in Krupina. His school years started in his home town (1826–30). He later attended a gymnasium in Krupina and at the Lutheran lyceums in Banská Štiavnica and Bratislava. He continued his studies in theology at the University of Halle, Germany (1843–44). After he became a pastor he served in Hrochoť from 1847 to 1856, and from then until his death in Radvaň nad Hronom. He was a member of the Ľudovít Štúr's group and was also one of the founders of the Matica 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 (Goethe), Russian (Pushkin) and French (Voltaire, Jean Racine).

Legacy

There are many 'Sládkovičova' streets in Slovakia, eg. Sládkovičova ulica (Bratislava).

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