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Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (2 February 1849 - 8 November 1921) was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by parnassism and modernism.

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
BornPavel Országh
(1849-02-02)2 February 1849
Felsőkubin (now Vyšný Kubín, Slovakia)
Died8 November 1921(1921-11-08) (aged 72)
Dolný Kubín, Czechoslovakia
Resting placeCemetery in Dolný Kubín
Pen namePavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Jozef Zbranský
Occupationpoet, dramatist, translator
LanguageSlovak, Hungarian
NationalitySlovak
SpouseIlona Országhová
Hviezdoslav statue at Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Hviezdoslav Square) in Bratislava, Slovakia
Hviezdoslav statue at Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Hviezdoslav Square) in Bratislava, Slovakia

Name


He was born as Pavol Országh. His family name is Hungarian (from ország, meaning "country"). Hviezdoslav (a Slavic name, meaning approximately "celebrating the stars" and/or "Slav of the stars") was his pseudonym from 1875.[1] His earlier pseudonym was Jozef Zbranský.


Life


Pavol Országh was living in Felsőkubin, Árva County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Vyšný Kubín, Slovakia). He was of noble origin.[2] Hviezdoslav studied at grammar schools in Miskolc and Késmárk (now Kežmarok, Slovakia) in the Hungarian lutheran school. The young Országh became a Hungarian patriot.[3][4][5] During this time he got acquainted with the poetry of Arany János and Petőfi Sándor and under their influence he started to write poems first in Hungarian,[5] then from the mid-1870s in Slovak. After his graduation in 1870, he continued his studies at the Law Academy of Eperjes (now Prešov, Slovakia), where in 1871 he participated in the preparation of the Almanach Napred ("Forward" Miscellany/Almanac), which marked the beginning of a new literary generation in Slovak literature. Due to his contribution to this Almanac with several radical poems, however, he was ignored in the literary life of the country for the rest of the 1870s and couldn't get his works published. During this period, he pursued his law career in Alsókubin (now Dolný Kubín, Slovakia), but he also carried on with his literary work in his free time. He practiced as a lawyer between 1875 and 1899 in Námesztó (now Námestovo, Slovakia), and then in Alsókubin again. In 1918, he became a member of the newly created Revolutionary National Assembly (provisional governing body, later parliament) in Prague, and from 1919 to 1920, served as its representative. In 1919, he was chosen as the leader of the re-established Matica slovenská (Slovak matica), a Slovak cultural institute founded in 1863, and closed as a result of Hungarian policy in 1875.

In 1954, the Literary Museum of P. O. Hviezdoslav was established in Dolný Kubín. A festival of amateur poetry reciters named Hviezdoslav's Kubín has been held there since.

Minor planet 3980 is named Hviezdoslav.


Works


Hviezdoslav introduced the syllabic-tonic verse into Slovak poetry and became the leading representative of Slovak literary realism. His style is characterized by extensive use of self-coined words and expressions, making it difficult to translate his works into foreign languages.

His oeuvre constitutes some 12 volumes of original poetry and an additional 3 volumes of translations of classical authors. During his era, he was the poet laureate of the Slovak nation. To honor his 1905 translation,[6] of The Tragedy of Man by Imre Madách, he was elected a member of the Kisfaludy Society in 1912.[7]


Collected works and selections



Reflexive poetry


He began writing poetry – initially in Hungarian – while still attending grammar school (in Miskolc and Kežmarok / Késmárk)). His first poetry collection, the Básnické prviesienky Jozefa Zbranského ("Poetry primroses of Jozef Zbranský"), was published in 1868. It introduced the syllabic-tonic verse into Slovak literature.

An awakened national pride brought him to resolve to work in Slovak, but the inclination towards realism in his early poetry was met with aversion by the older generation.

Among the most important of his mature lyric cycles are:


Epic compositions


The poet's epic compositions derive from his native Orava and from biblical topics, through which he commented allegorically on the situation of the Slovak nation:


Biblical poetry



Drama



Translations


Hviezdoslav was also a translator. He translated many works of such authors as Goethe (Faust, Iphigenia on Tauris, ballads), Schiller (selected poems), Mickiewicz (Crimean Sonnets et al.), Pushkin (Boris Godunov, The Captive of the Caucasus, The Gypsies, Rusalka, etc.), Shakespeare (Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream), Słowacki (In Switzerland, etc.), Arany (28 lyric poems and ballads), Petőfi (42 selected poems),[8] Lermontov (A Song about the Emperor Ivan Vasilievitch, The Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov, The Demon) and Madách (The Tragedy of Man). These translations were collected after his death into volumes 12 to 15 of The Collected Poetical Works of Hviezdoslav.


Legacy


There are streets named after Hviezdoslav in almost all Slovak towns
There are streets named after Hviezdoslav in almost all Slovak towns

Hviezdoslavovo námestie, a town square in Bratislava, along with the village of Hviezdoslavov and approximately 172 streets in Slovakia[9] are named after him.

The poetry recitation contest Hviezdoslavov Kubín [sk], which bears his name in honor, has been taking place every year since its inception in 1954, except for 1960.


See also



References


  1. Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (March 1995). A History of Slovakia: The Struggle for Survival. New York: Palgrave Macmillan; St. Martin's Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-312-10403-0.
  2. Harold Gordon Skilling,T.G. Masaryk: against the current, 1882–1914, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994 p.76
  3. Seymour-Smith, Martin (1973). Funk & Wagnalls Guide to modern world literature. Funk & Wagnalls. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-308-10079-4. As a precocious boy poet he was a Hungarian patriot,
  4. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc (2002). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6. Encyclopædia Britannica. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-85229-787-2. He originally wrote in Hungarian and was a Hungarian patriot
  5. Buchanan-Brown, John (1973). Funk & Wagnalls Guide to modern world literature. Vol. 1. Morrow. p. 586. ISBN 978-0-688-00228-2. was an enthusiastic Hungarian patriot; and some of his first poems were written in Hungarian
  6. Madách, Imre: Tragédia človeka. Dramatická báseň. Prel. Hviezdoslav. Turč. Sv. Martin, 1905. 270 l.
  7. Stanislav Šmatlák (http://www.litcentrum.sk, (The Centre for Information on Literature) established by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic)
  8. Tótnyelvre áttett hazafias magyar költemények. Vlastenecké básne z puvodné reči preložil. Margócsy József, Losoncz, 1902. p.28 (2nd edition: 1914)
  9. "Ulice Slovenska - oma.sk".


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[de] Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (geb. als Pavol Országh, Pseudonyme Jozef Zbranský bzw. Hviezdoslav) (* 2. Februar 1849 in Vyšný Kubín; † 8. November 1921 in Dolný Kubín) war ein slowakischer Dichter.
- [en] Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

[es] Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

PhDr.h.c. Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (su nombre propio es Pavol Országh; seudónimo: Hviezdoslav, Jozef Zbranský, Hijo del pueblo; marcas: O.P.O.) (*2 de febrero de 1849, Vyšný Kubín– † 8 de noviembre de 1921, Dolný Kubín) fue un poeta eslovaco, dramaturgo, escritor, traductor, abogado, fue también miembro de la Asamblea Nacional Revolucionaria ČSR (1918) y presidente honorario de Matica slovenská 1919). Hviezdoslav es uno de los líderes de la literatura eslovaca y de la cultura eslovaca al fin del siglo XIX y el comienzo del siglo XX y parece a apariciones más importantes de toda la literatura eslovaca. El asteroide (3980) Hviezdoslav fue nombrado en su honor.

[fr] Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav est un poète slovaque, né le 2 février 1849 à Vyšný Kubín et mort le 8 novembre 1921 à Dolný Kubín. P. O. Hviezdoslav, dramaturge et traducteur, est l’un des personnages les plus connus dans la culture slovaque et plus précisément de la littérature slovaque dans les dernières années du XIXe siècle.

[ru] Орсаг Гвездослав, Павол

Павол Орсаг Гвездослав (настоящая фамилия Орсаг, произносится «Гвьездослав», словацк. Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav; 2 февраля 1849 (1849-02-02), Вишни-Кубин — 8 ноября 1921, Дольни-Кубин) — словацкий поэт.


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