| Juraj Fándly | |
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| Born | 21 October 1750 Častá, Kingdom of Hungary (now Častá, Pezinok District, Slovakia) |
| Died | 7 March 1811 (aged 60) Ompitál, Kingdom of Hungary (now Doľany, Slovakia) |
| Occupation | Writer |
Juraj Fándly (Hungarian: György Fándly or György Fandl; 21 October 1750 – 7 March 1811) was a Slovak writer, Catholic priest and entomologist (bee-keeper) in the Kingdom of Hungary.
Life
He was born in Častá (Cseszte), Kingdom of Hungary into a craftsman-farmer's family. His father died soon after his birth, and mother moved to the neighbouring village of Doľany (Ompitál), where he also visited elementary school. He later studied at a Piarist gymnasium in Svätý Jur (Szentgyörgy), later studied theology in Buda (today part of Budapest) and Trnava (Nagyszombat). Due to his weak health he wasn't accepted into any religious order. In 1776 he was ordained and started working as a chaplain in Sereď (Szered) (1776), for a short time in Lukáčovce (Lakács) (1780), finally working as a priest in Naháč (Nahács) from 1780 to 1807. In the meantime he also worked as a secretary in the Slovenské učené tovarišstvo (Slovak Educated Brotherhood) (1792). Later, he retired to his home back in Doľany, where he lived until his death in 1811, and composed poetry.
Works
- Dúverná zmlúva medzi mňíchom a ďáblom (1789) - the first major work in the Bernolák's Slovak language standard
- Piľní domajší a poľní hospodár (1792-1800)
- Zelinkár (1793)
- Príhodné a svátečné kázňe (1795-1796)
- Compendiata historia gentis Slavae (1793)
- O úhoroch a i včelách rozmlúváňí (1801)
- Slovenskí včelár (1802)
Works online
- Anti-Fándly aneb Dúverné Zmlúwánj mezi Theodulusem, tretího Franciskánúw rádu bosákem, a Gurem Fándly, ... W Halle: , 1789. 62 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library
- FÁNDLY, J., BAJZA, J. I., BERNOLÁK, A. Ešče Ňečo o Epigrammatéch, anebožto Málorádkoch M. W. P. Gozefa Bagza nowotného slowenského Epi Grammatistu ... : , . 15 p. - available at ULB's Digital Library
External links
- Juraj Fándly (in Slovak)
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