About Pavol Dobšinský

Dobsinsky (on the right)

Pavol Dobšinský, a Slovak Evangelical priest, a member of the young Slovak national-awakening generation, a translator, a publicist and a folklorist was born on March 16, 1828 in Slovakia. In 1858 he worked as a teacher and later became an editor and publisher for SOKOL (1860-1861), a fine arts and literature magazine. He discontinued the publication of this magazine and left his teaching job because of permanent difficulties and obstacles. He lived the rest of his life in this remote village not far from Rimavská Sobota. He died in Drienčany on October 22, 1885.


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