Jozef Ignác Bajza (Hungarian: Bajza József Ignác; 5 March 1755 – 1 December 1836) was a Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest in the Kingdom of Hungary.
Jozef Ignác Bajza | |
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| Born | 5 March 1755 |
| Died | 1 December 1836 (aged 81) |
| Known for | wrote the first novel in Slovak |
He is best known for his novel René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (original, modern spelling René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti), which was the first novel written in Slovak.[1] The second volume of the novel was purchased almost entirely by church authorities; few copies of it survive.[2] The second volume was confiscated by the church censors because it was explicitly critical of both church and secular authorities.[3] He is buried in St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava.
Works
- 1782
- Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa (unpublished)
- 1784
- René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (first volume)
- 1785
- René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi
- 1789
- Anti-Fándly (work written against Juraj Fándly)
- 1789–1796
- Kresťánské katolícké náboženstvo... ďíl 1.–5. (five volumes)
- 1794
- Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata, jednako-konco-hlasné a zvuko-mírne
- 1794
- Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata. Druhá knižka obsahujícá zvuko-mírné
- 1795
- Veselé účinki, a rečeňí, které k stráveňu trúchľivích hoďín zebral a vidal… (book of anecdotes, satirical and humorous short stories)
- 1813
- Prikladi ze svatého Písma starího a novího Zákona (second volume issued in 1820)
Works online
- Anti-Fándly aneb Dúverné Zmlúwánj mezi Theodulusem, tretího Franciskánúw rádu bosákem, a Gurem Fándly, ... W Halle: [s.n.], 1789. 62 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library
- BAJZA, J. I., FÁNDLY, J., BERNOLÁK, A. Ešče Ňečo o Epigrammatéch, anebožto Málorádkoch M. W. P. Gozefa Bagza nowotného slowenského Epi Grammatistu ... [Pole Eliziské]: [s.n.], [1791]. 15 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library
- BAJZA, J. I., BERNOLÁK, A. Nečo o epigrammatech, anebožto Malorádkoch Gozefa Ignáca Bagzi, Dolnodubowského Pána Farára, oprawdiwím Slowákom k Uwažováňú predložené ... Žilina: Štefan Prisol, 1794. 36 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library