Ján Chalupka

Ján Chalupka (; 28 October 1791 – 15 July 1871) was a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor.

Life He was born in Horná Mičiná in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia), into the family of Evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka. His brother Samo Chalupka was also a writer. Chalupka was educated at home, in Ožďany, Levoča, Prešov, Sárospatak and studied in Vienna and Jena. He was a teacher, from 1817 to 1824 a professor at a lyceum in Kežmarok and from 1824 until his death a pastor in Brezno.

Chalupka died on 15 July 1871.

Works His main contribution into the Slovak literature was in drama. His activities were the impulse for the theatrical life in present-day Slovakia. He wrote mainly dramatic satirical works, where he criticized local patriotism, Magyarization aspects, conservatism, limited life goals etc . His first works were in Czech and Hungarian, but after 1848 he started writing in Slovak and translated originally Czech works into Slovak.

Drama Cycle about Kocúrkovo (comedy, "Gotham City"): 1830 – Kocourkovo, aneb: Jen abychom v hanbě nezůstali 1832 – Všecko naopak, aneb: Tesnošilova Anička sa žení a Honzík se vydáva 1833 – Trasořitka, anebo: Stará láska se předce dočekala 1835 – Třináctá hodina, aneb: Však se nahledíme, kdo bude hlásníkem v Kocourkově 1837 – Starouš plesnivec anebo Čtyry svadby na jednom pohřebe v Kocourkově 1835 – A vén szerelmes, vagy a Tozházi négy völegény 1854 – Dobrovoľníci 1862 – Huk a Fuk anebo: Prvý apríl 1862 – Černokňažník 1873 – Juvelír

Prose 1836 – Kocourkovo (a prosaic version) 1841 – Bendeguz, Gyula Kolompos und Pista Kurtaforint. Eine Donquixottiade nach der neuesten Mode von P. P.

Other Geschichte der Generalsynoden beider evangelischen Konfessionen in Ungarn vom Jahre 1791 (History of general synods of both Evangelical confessions in Hungary since 1791) Schreiben des Grafen Karl Zay, Generalalinspektors der evang. Kirchen und Schulen Augsb. Konf. In Ungarn, an die Prefoessoren zu Leutschau (A letter of Earl Karl Zay, general inspector of evangelical churches and schools of Augsburg confession in Hungary, to professors in Leutschau) 1842 – Zpěvník evanjelický aneb Písně duchovní staré i nové 1846–47 – Kázně nedělní a svátečné