Ján Botto: Difference between revisions

'''Ján Botto''' (January 27, 1829, [[Vyšný Skálnik]] – April 28, 1881, [[Banská Bystrica]]) was a Slovak poet, writer of the [[Štúr]] generation and co-founder of the first Slovak gymnasium in [[Revúca]].

Born asinto a sonfamily of a farmer familyfarmers, he began to attend Latin Gymnasium at [[Ožďany]] and from 1843 the Evangelical [[lyceum]] at [[Levoča]], where he wrote his first literalliterary works. From 1853 he hashad been engaged as a [[land surveyor]] in different towns throughout the Slovakia, [[Zvolen]], [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]] and [[Banská Štiavnica]]. In 1861 he wrote one of his most important ballads, Smrť Jánošíkova /Death of Jánošík/. He was the youngest member of writers, poets and politicians in the generation of [[Ľudovít Štúr]] generation. Together with [[Samo Chalupka]], [[Andrej Sládkovič]] and [[Janko Kráľ]] he belongsis toone of the most important poets of Slovak [[romanticism]]. He died of heart failure at 28. April 1881 in Banská Bystrica.

InA [[Vyšnýcommemorative Skálnik]] is his museumplaque, statue and a museum dedicated to his memory plaqueare located in [[Vyšný Skálnik]].

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jan Botto, Jan}}