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Ján Hollý

1785 - 1849

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Ján Hollý (contemporary orthography: Gán Hollí; 24 March 1785, Bur-Szent-Miklos – 14 April 1849, Jókő) was a Slovak poet and translator. He was the first greater Slovak poet to write exclusively in the newly standardized literary Slovak language. His predecessors mostly wrote in various regional versions of Czech, Slovakized Czech or Latin. Hollý translated Virgil's Aeneid and wrote his own epic poetry in alexandrine verse to show that the Slovak language recently standardized by Anton Bernolák was capable of expressing complex poetic forms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Hollý is the 4,933rd most popular writer (down from 4,920th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 184th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Slovak Writer.

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Among writers, Ján Hollý ranks 4,933 out of 7,302. Before him are Halina Poświatowska, John Esposito, Leonti Mroveli, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Riichi Yokomitsu, and Erica Jong. After him are Cynewulf, Roderich Menzel, Turan Dursun, Bulleh Shah, Piero Angela, and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan.

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Among people born in 1785, Ján Hollý ranks 50. Before him are Anna Sundström, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Abel de Pujol, William Beaumont, Karol Kurpiński, and János Scitovszky. After him are Oliver Hazard Perry, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Arvid August Afzelius, Per Georg Scheutz, David Wilkie, and Thomas Love Peacock. Among people deceased in 1849, Ján Hollý ranks 58. Before him are Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, Jacob Perkins, Albert Gallatin, Filippo Paulucci, and Mariano Paredes. After him are William Townsend Aiton, José María Carreño, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Edward Hicks, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, and Charlotte von Ahlefeld.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ján Hollý ranks 188 out of 418. Before him are Karol Jokl (1945), Béla Illés (1895), Ladislav Pavlovič (1926), Ludwig Schlesinger (1864), Martin Kukučín (1860), and János Scitovszky (1785). After him are Ľubomír Moravčík (1965), Alphons Czibulka (1842), Štefan Uher (1930), Daniela Hantuchová (1983), Margit Slachta (1884), and Milan Škriniar (1995).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Ján Hollý ranks 20. Before him are Margita Figuli (1909), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Lajos Kassák (1887), Janko Kráľ (1822), Béla Illés (1895), and Martin Kukučín (1860). After him are Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Timrava (1867), Peter Pišťanek (1960), and Radoslav Rochallyi (1980).

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