Jakub Grajchman | |
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Peter Michal Bohúň | |
Born | Jakub Graichman July 25, 1822 Hybe, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia |
Died | June 9, 1897 Hybe, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) | (aged 74)
Occupation | Writer, educator |
Language | Slovak, German |
Education | University of Prešov |
Jakub Grajchman (25 July 1822 – 9 June 1897) was a Slovak poet, educator, dramatist, and romanticist. [1] [2] He was also a Slovak nationalist. [3]
Grajchman was born Jakub Graichman on 25 July 1822 in Hybe, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia). [1] [4] He would begin spelling Graichman Grajchman, the Slovak equivalent of his German surname, in later life in support of Ľudovít Štúr's standardization of the Slovak language. [4] As a child, he attended school in Kežmarok, Gemer, and Levoča and had Peter Michal Bohúň as a classmate. [1] [5] He then studied Evangelical theory in Bratislava, Halle, and Berlin and attended University of Prešov, where he studied law. [6] [1] [7] He taught in Bratislava and Košice (1848) before moving to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he was a notary and a court assistant until 1854. [8] He was part of the revolutions across the Austrian Empire in 1848-1849. [9] He then worked as a court assistant in Dolný Kubín 1854-1859 before returning to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he became a courtroom advisor. [8] In 1867, he returned to his birthplace of Hybe to live out his last 11 years. [8] He also lived in Liptovský Hrádok for a period. [10]
He wrote many dramas, poems, articles, and plays in German and Slovak, sometimes using the " Štúrovo spirit of a national folk song." [1] [3] He contributed to such journals and almanacs as Orol tatranský ( Orol tatránski), Nitra ( Nitra), Lipa ( Lipa), Sokol, Minerva, Slovanský almanach, and Živena [9] Grajchman was not a popular writer during his lifetime.[ citation needed] His works include Melancholický gavalier (play), Básnické spisy Jakuba Grajchmana (collection of poems), Ako to bolo? (love drama), Kto zaplatí nohavice? (comedy), Zakliaty tulipán (ballad), and Divná dáma (poem). [2] [11] [12] [13] Though Grajchman wrote primarily for amateur theatres, Kto zaplatí nohavice? was made into a radio program and a TV performance was broadcast in 1987. [4] [13]
Grajchman died on 9 June 1897 in Hybe, where he is buried. [14] [1]
Jakub Grajchman | |
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![]() Portrait by
Peter Michal Bohúň | |
Born | Jakub Graichman July 25, 1822 Hybe, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia |
Died | June 9, 1897 Hybe, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) | (aged 74)
Occupation | Writer, educator |
Language | Slovak, German |
Education | University of Prešov |
Jakub Grajchman (25 July 1822 – 9 June 1897) was a Slovak poet, educator, dramatist, and romanticist. [1] [2] He was also a Slovak nationalist. [3]
Grajchman was born Jakub Graichman on 25 July 1822 in Hybe, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia). [1] [4] He would begin spelling Graichman Grajchman, the Slovak equivalent of his German surname, in later life in support of Ľudovít Štúr's standardization of the Slovak language. [4] As a child, he attended school in Kežmarok, Gemer, and Levoča and had Peter Michal Bohúň as a classmate. [1] [5] He then studied Evangelical theory in Bratislava, Halle, and Berlin and attended University of Prešov, where he studied law. [6] [1] [7] He taught in Bratislava and Košice (1848) before moving to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he was a notary and a court assistant until 1854. [8] He was part of the revolutions across the Austrian Empire in 1848-1849. [9] He then worked as a court assistant in Dolný Kubín 1854-1859 before returning to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he became a courtroom advisor. [8] In 1867, he returned to his birthplace of Hybe to live out his last 11 years. [8] He also lived in Liptovský Hrádok for a period. [10]
He wrote many dramas, poems, articles, and plays in German and Slovak, sometimes using the " Štúrovo spirit of a national folk song." [1] [3] He contributed to such journals and almanacs as Orol tatranský ( Orol tatránski), Nitra ( Nitra), Lipa ( Lipa), Sokol, Minerva, Slovanský almanach, and Živena [9] Grajchman was not a popular writer during his lifetime.[ citation needed] His works include Melancholický gavalier (play), Básnické spisy Jakuba Grajchmana (collection of poems), Ako to bolo? (love drama), Kto zaplatí nohavice? (comedy), Zakliaty tulipán (ballad), and Divná dáma (poem). [2] [11] [12] [13] Though Grajchman wrote primarily for amateur theatres, Kto zaplatí nohavice? was made into a radio program and a TV performance was broadcast in 1987. [4] [13]
Grajchman died on 9 June 1897 in Hybe, where he is buried. [14] [1]