József Borovnyák

József Borovnják
Born	Around February 9, 1826 Ivanovci (Ivanócz/Alsószentbenedek), Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovenia)
Died	September 19, 1909 Cankova, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia)
Occupation	Writer, politician, priest
Nationality	Hungarian Slovenian
Genres	religious works, political works
Literary movement	Nationalism, catholicism

József Borovnyák or Borovnják (Slovene: Jožef Borovnjak; 1826 – 19 September 1909) was a Slovene or Prekmurian writer, politician and Roman Catholic priest in Hungary.

Borovnják was born in the village of Ivanócz (later Alsószentbenedek, Slovenian Ivanovci). His family was originally Protestant. His father converted to Catholicism.

Borovnják first served as a priest from 1851 to 1852 at the Istvánfalvian Church in the village of Apátistvánfalva (Vas Country). He was later a priest in Felsőlendva and Cankova (where he died).

Borovnják was a defender of the local Wendish dialect of Prekmurje. He wrote books in it, for example a catechism and prayer-books. In 1877 he posthumously reprinted Miklós Küzmics' Prekmurian translation of the gospels. He was also a political trouble-shooter.

Works

• Jezus moje poslenje (Jesus is my desire),
• Veliki katekizmus (Great Catechism)
• Kniga molitvena sztara szlovenszka (Old-Slovene Prayer-book)
• Dühovna hrána (The house of the soul)
• Máli politicsni vodnik (Small political mirror)
• Szvéti Angel Csuvár (Holy Guardian Angel)

See also

• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

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References

• Anton Trstenjak. Slovenci na Ogrskem (Hungarian Slovenes. Maribor 2006. ISBN 961-6507-09-5

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