Handrij Zejler
Handrij Zejler (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872; official German name Andreas Seiler) was a Sorbian writer, Lutheran pastor, and national activist. He co-founded the Lusatian cultural and scientific society Maćica Serbska. • Illustration — Handrij Zejler
Handrij Zejler
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- Born
- 1804
- Died
- 1872 · Lohsa.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Saxony
- Occupation
- poet · writer · national revival activist · philologist · librettist · parson
- Languages
- Upper Sorbian · Sorbian · Serbian
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Zejler was born on 1 February 1804 in Słona Boršć (German: Salzenforst), now a part of Budyšin (Bautzen). He was an author of popular religious, love and patriotic poems, as well as the Sorbian national anthem Rjana Łužica, linguistic works, publicist works, ballads, satires, fables. He died on 15 October 1872 in Łaz (Lohsa) near Wojerecy (Hoyerswerda). • Illustration — One of his poems Zejler is seen today as one of the founders of Sorbian national literature.
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Handrij Zejler appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a “Pfarrer”, philologist, writer and librettist (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872). Handrij Zejler was born on 1 February 1804 in Salzenforst and died on 15 October 1872 in Lohsa. Places of activity recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: Klix and Lohsa.
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His name bears the State Prize of the Ministry of Science and Art of the Federal State of Saxony.
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1804
Handrij Zejler born at Salzenforst/Słona Boršć.
1872
Handrij Zejler died at Lohsa.
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- 1.Taufbuch der Bautzener katholischen Pfarrgemeinde; Eintrag 11/1804
- 2.Mićo Cvijetić: Serbsko-serbiska literarna a kulturna wzajomnosć. In: Rozhlad 2001.
- 3.Kurt; Seiler Heine. Bronzeplastik von Handrij Zejler, gefertigt von Konrad Sende. 1954.
- 4.Preise & Wettbewerbe. Kulturland Sachsen.
- 5.Preis für sorbische Sprache für Eva-Maria Zschornack. zeit.de/dpa. 2024-05-01.
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