About
Ľudovít Štúr, central figure of the 19th-century Slovak national revival, was born in Uhrovec and died in Modra. He codified the modern Slovak literary language in 1843, founded the first Slovak political newspaper, and actively participated in the revolutions of 1848. His linguistic and ethnological work laid the foundations of Slovak national identity.
* 1815-10-28 — † 1856-01-12
Major works
- Nárečja Slovenskuo alebo potreba písaňja v tomto nárečí (1846)linguistic essay
- Nauka reči Slovenskej (1846)linguistic manual
- Slovenskje národnje novini (1845)newspaper
- Spevy a piesne (1853)poetry collection
- O národních písních a pověstech plemen slovanských (1853)ethnological study
Key milestones
- 1843Codified the modern Slovak literary language with Jozef Miloslav Hurban and Michal Miloslav Hodža.
- 1848Participated in the Prague Slavic Congress and co-authored the 'Demands of the Slovak Nation'.
- 1856Died in Modra from a self-inflicted gunshot wound sustained in a hunting accident.
Themes
National identityLanguage and linguisticsFreedom and civil rightsRomanticismEthnography
Sources: id.loc.gov · ernie.uva.nl