About Rajko Nahtigal
Lived 1877 – 1958 (aged 80). Rajko Nahtigal was a Yugoslav slavist, philologist and linguist.
Rajko Nahtigal (April 14, 1877 – March 29, 1958) was a Slovenian scholar of Slavic languages and literature.
Biography Nahtigall was born in Novo Mesto and baptized Raimund August Nachtigall.
Nahtigal's research interests spanned Old Slavic language and literature, the history of Slavic languages in general, Old Russian literature, and the Russian language itself. He is recognized for his work on the Old Church Slavonic Glagolitic Sinai Prayer Book (Euchologium Sinaiticum) and The Tale of Igor's Campaign, an Old Russian epic.
Nahtigal authored numerous scholarly publications and was awarded the Prešeren Prize in 1953.
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Who was Rajko Nahtigal?
Slovene philologist (1877–1958)
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Rajko Nahtigal was born on 14 April 1877 in Novo Mesto.
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Rajko Nahtigal died on 29 March 1958 in Ljubljana.
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Rajko Nahtigal was a slavist, philologist and linguist.
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Rajko Nahtigal was Yugoslav.
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