Miklós Kovács (poet)

Miklós Kovács (Prekmurian: Mikloš Kovač, Slovene: Nikolaj Kovač) (November 24, 1857 – November 23, 1937) was a Hungarian Slovene cantor and writer.

Born was in Šalovci (Prekmurje) in the Vas County of the Kingdom of Hungary. His parents was Mihály Kováts(sic!) and Rozália Kováts. Dealing in farming, however also he wrote mostly religious songs. His hymnal was lost over time, just like was lost the hymnal of his partner, József Konkolics. János Zsupánek retained some of their songs.

Konkolics and Kovács in 1910 subsidized the release of the Zsupánek's book Mrtvecsne peszmi.

He died in Veliki Šalovci, in Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

See also

• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary
• Old hymnal of Martjanci
• Mihály Zsupánek

References

• Slovenski biografski leksikon

Municipality of Šalovci Settlements Administrative centre: Šalovci Current Budinci Čepinci Dolenci Domanjševci Markovci Former Mali Dolenci Veliki Dolenci Landmarks Dolenci Parish Church Domanjševci Evangelical Church Markovci Parish Church St. Martin's Church in Domanjševci Notable people Mihály Bakos József Klekl the Young József Konkolics Miklós Kovács Feri Lainšček Miska Magyarics Ferenc Marics Ferenc Sbüll István Szijjártó János Zsupánek Mihály Zsupánek Vilmoš Županek