Dávid Novák
Dávid Novák (David Novak) was a Hungarian Slovene student and poet. Novák was the author of the first known poem written in Prekmurje Slovene, dating from 1771. Dávid Novák was born in Sümeg into a Lutheran family, he studied at the Bratislava lyceum, where it was customary for the students to write in their native language.
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Dávid Novák
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- 1701
- Nationality
- Holy Roman Empire
- Occupation
- poet
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Dávid Novák (David Novak) was a Hungarian Slovene student and poet. Novák was the author of the first known poem written in Prekmurje Slovene, dating from 1771. Dávid Novák was born in Sümeg into a Lutheran family, he studied at the Bratislava lyceum, where it was customary for the students to write in their native language.
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Novák's poem was called "Versus Vandalici" (Slovene Poem) and begins "Poszlühne da eszi proszim vasz GOSZPODA / ka bom vam jasz pravo od toda národa.." The poem also mentions the Battle of Saint Gotthard.
• Franci Just: Besede iz Porabja, beseda za Porabje, pregled slovstva pri porabskih Slovencih, Franc-Franc Murska Sobota, 2003.
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