Samo Chalupka was a Slovak romantic poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

.

Life

Samo Chalupka was a younger brother of Ján Chalupka

Ján Chalupka

Ján Chalupka was a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor.- Life :...

, another Slovak writer. Samo studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Lyceum in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

 and also in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. He studied theology

Theology

Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...

 and philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

. When an uprising against Russia

November Uprising

The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...

 broke out in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 in 1830, Samo Chalupka interrupted his long studies and fought on the Polish side. He was injured in 1831 and returned to Bratislava. He was the oldest member of the Ľudovít Štúr

Ludovít Štúr

Ľudovít Štúr , known in his era as Ludevít Velislav Štúr, was the leader of the Slovak national revival in the 19th century, the author of the Slovak language standard eventually leading to the contemporary Slovak literary language...

 generation of the Slovak national revival. He was one of the founders and active members of the Czech-Slovak Society.

Creation

He started writing in the so-called Czech biblical language, when he studied on lyceum in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

. His debut poems were published in almanac Plody (Fruit) in 1836. His works display Slovak nature and also patriotism, loyalty to homeland and people. He used folk songs. In 1840s he joined Slovak national revival because he wanted to codificate language of his nation. His first poem compilation Spevy (Vocals, 1868) was about this topic.

Poetry

• 1829 - Repertorium dispositionum
• 1834 - Koníku moj vraný
• 1834 - Nářek slovenský
• 1834 - Píseň vojenská
• 1864 - Mor ho!
• 1868 - Spevy:
  • Likavský väzeň (original Jánošíkova náumka)
  • Kráľoholská
  • Branko
  • Kozák (original Syn vojny)
  • Turčín Poničan
  • Boj pri Jelšave
  • Odboj Kupov
• Vojenská
• Juhoslovanom
• Bolo i bude
• Večer pod Tatrou
• Při návratu do vlasti
• Smutek
• Toužba po vlasti
• Má vlast

Translations

• 1843 - Pálenka otrava, translation of Heinrich Zschokke
  Heinrich Zschokke
  Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke was a German author and reformer. Most of his life was spent, and most of his reputation earned, in Switzerland...
  
   Brandweinpest

External links