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]

Jakub Grajchman
Portrait by Peter Michal Bohúň
Born	Jakub Graichman (1822-07-25)July 25, 1822 Hybe, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia
Died	June 9, 1897(1897-06-09) (aged 74) Hybe, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Occupation	Writer, educator
Language	Slovak, German
Education	University of Prešov

Biography

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]

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