István Szijjártó

István Szijjártó (Slovene Števan Sijarto) (c. 1765 – 10 September 1833) was a Slovenian evangelic teacher and poet in Hungary.

He was born in Večeslavci (Prekmurje), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó slovene peasant. Studied in Nemescsó and in Sopron, in the evangelic lyceum (?-1783). At first, he was teacher in Križevci from 1787-1806 in Puconci. He worked later in Domanjševci, where he died.

In 1796, his hymn-book Mrtvecsne Peszmi of funeral songs was published.

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