János Kardos
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János Kardos, also known in Slovenian as Janoš Kardoš (around February 13, 1801 Noršinci, Kingdom of Hungary, today Slovenia - August 12, 1875 Hodoš) was a Hungarian Slovenian Evangelic priest, teacher and writer.
He worked and lived in Hodoš, in what was then known as the "Slovenian March" (Slovenska krajina in Slovenian, Vendvidék in Hungarian) and is today referred as Prekmurje. After finishing the studies in theology in Vienna, he returned to his homeland and wrote and translated several ecclesiastical books and schoolbooks. Kardos was the first to translate works by Hungarian writers and poets from Hungarian into the Slovene language. Among others, he translated works by Sándor Petőfi, János Arany, Mór Jókai, Sándor Kisfaludy, Mihály Vörösmarty.
