Andrej Sládkovič [SEP] place of death
Andrej Sládkovič
Andrej Sládkovič (born as Andrej Braxatoris, pseudonyms Andrej Braxatoris-Sládkovič, Andrej Sládkovič, Ondřej Krasislav Sládkovič, 31 March 1820, in Krupina (Korpona) – 20 April 1872, in Radvaň near Banská Bystrica) was a Slovak poet, critic, publicist and translator.
Life.
He was born to the teacher's family in Krupina. He studied at his home town (1826–30), in Peretvönyi (1830–31), later attended "gymnasium" in Krupina and Evangelical lyceums in Banská Štiavnica (
In 1861 he wrote one of his most important ballads, Smrť Jánošíkova /Death of Jánošík/. He was the youngest member of writers, poets and politicians of Ľudovít Štúr generation. Together with Samo Chalupka, Andrej Sládkovič and Janko Kráľ he belongs to the most important poets of Slovak romanticism.
In Vyšný Skálnik is his museum, statue and a memory plaque.
References.
- http://www.osobnosti.sk/index.php?os=zivotopis&ID=1708
- http://zlatyfond.sme.sk/autor/49/Jan-Botto
- http://www.pre-slovensko.sk/literarne-okienko/jan-botto.php
- http://www.mladezsns.sk/slovensko/narodni-velikani/jan-botto/
- http://www.nvocsp.org/files/janbotto.pdf