Jozef Ignác Bajza

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Jozef Ignác Bajza
Born 5 March 1755
Predmier, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia)
Died 1 December 1836 (aged 81)
Bratislava, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovakia)
Known for wrote the first novel in Slovak
Religious beliefs Roman Catholic

Jozef Ignác Bajza (* 5 March 1755 in Predmier, † 1 December 1836 in Bratislava) was a Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest.

He is best known for his novel René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (original, modern spelling René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti), which was the first novel written in Slovak language. He is buried in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava.

[edit] Works

  • 1782 - Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa (unpublished)
  • 1784 - René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (first part)
  • 1785 - René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (second part, unpublished)
  • 1789 - Anti-Fándly (work written against Juraj Fándly)
  • 17891796 - Kresťánské katolícké náboženstvo... ďíl 1.–5. (five volumes)
  • 1794 - Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata, jednako-konco-hlasné a zvuko-mírne
  • 1794 - Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata. Druhá knižka obsahujícá zvuko-mírné
  • 1795 - Veselé účinki, a rečeňí, které k stráveňu trúchľivích hoďín zebral a vidal… (book of anecdotes, satirical and humorous short stories)
  • 1813 - Prikladi ze svatého Písma starího a novího Zákona (second volume issued in 1820)