István Szijjártó

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

He was born in Večeslavci (Prekmurje), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in Nemescsó and in Sopron, in the evangelic lyceum (?-1783). He taught 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.

Works

• Mrtvecsne Peszmi (Death Hymns), 1796.
• Molitvi na sztári szlovenszki jezik obrnyene (Prayers translated in Old Slovene language), 1797.
• Sztarisinsztvo, i zvacsinsztvo (Marriage and wedding), 1807.
• Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinsztvo, 1852.

See also

• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

References

• Anton Trstenjak: Slovenci na Ogrskem, Narodnapisna in književna črtica, OBJAVA ARHIVSKIH VIROV MARIBOR 2006. ISBN 961-6507-09-5