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Janko Matúška

1821 - 1877

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Janko Matúška (10 January 1821 – 11 January 1877) was an ethnic Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court in the Kingdom of Hungary. He is best known as the author of the Slovak national anthem, "Nad Tatrou sa blýska" ("Lightning over the Tatras"), based on the melody of a Slovak folk song, "Kopala studienku". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janko Matúška is the 3,986th most popular writer (up from 4,299th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 151st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Slovak Writer.

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Among writers, Janko Matúška ranks 3,986 out of 7,302. Before him are Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Elia Abu Madi, Edna O'Brien, Dulce María Loynaz, and Richard Beer-Hofmann. After him are Hjalmar Bergman, Joseba Sarrionandia, Alfred Kerr, Matilde Serao, Luciano De Crescenzo, and Nick Hornby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Janko Matúška ranks 76. Before him are Carl Bolle, Nils Johan Andersson, Antonio Ciseri, Nikolai Zaremba, Apollon Maykov, and Archduke Friedrich of Austria. After him are Friedrich Kiel, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Michel Carré, Amalie Dietrich, and Samuel Baker. Among people deceased in 1877, Janko Matúška ranks 49. Before him are Nikolay Ogarev, Alexander Bain, Julius Rietz, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Wilhelm Hofmeister, and Johann Carl Fuhlrott. After him are Robert Swinhoe, Georg Adolf Erman, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Karel Sabina, Caroline Unger, and Juan Bautista Gill.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Janko Matúška ranks 145 out of 418. Before him are Roland Jacobi (1893), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Ján Kozák (1954), Ladislav Petráš (1946), Hana Hegerová (1931), and János Bihari (1764). After him are József Csermák (1932), Samo Chalupka (1812), Alexander Moyzes (1906), János Hadik (1863), Ján Švehlík (1950), and Igor Matovič (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Janko Matúška ranks 11. Before him are Vladimír Clementis (1902), Imre Madách (1823), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Alexander Dukhnovych (1803), Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), and Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817). After him are Samo Chalupka (1812), Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Margita Figuli (1909), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Lajos Kassák (1887), and Janko Kráľ (1822).

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