Janko Jesenský
Baron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin (Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak lower nobleman of the House of Jeszenszky, poet, prose writer, translator, and politician. He was a prominent member of the Slovak national movement. • Illustration — Janko Jesenský in 1937
Also recorded as Janko Jesensky
Janko Jesenský
Slovenské kníhkupectvo, Praha · The Pictures of Slovak Writers Serie, vol. 1 (Fotografie slovenských spisovateľov, 1. séria) · Public domain
- Born
- 1874 · Martin.
- Died
- 1945 · Bratislava.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- linguist · poet · writer · jurist · lawyer · translator · politician
- Honours
- Národní umělec · Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and 1st class
- Languages
- Slovak
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Janko Jesenský (30 December 1874 – 27 December 1945) was a writer, politician and translator.
Life
Janko Jesenský was born in Martin, Slovakia, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Janko Jesenský died in Bratislava, Slovakia, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Janko Jesenský is recorded as having received Národní umělec and Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class. The authorities additionally record the heading Janko Jesensky.
In these places stood the house where the national artist Janko Jesensky, a prominent Slovak poet and writer, was born and worked. Jesenského Street, Martin, Slovakia, November 4, 2024.
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In these places stood the house where the national artist Janko Jesensky, a prominent Slovak poet and writer, was born and worked. Jesenského Street, Martin, Slovakia, November 4, 2024.
Oto Zapletal
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1874
Janko Jesenský born at Martin.
1945
Janko Jesenský died at Bratislava.
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Martin.
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- PATRIOTIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL LYRICS POETRY OF JANKO JESENSKÝ, International Humanitarian University Herald. Philology, 2021
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2021
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