Jozef Ignác Bajza

Jozef Ignác Bajza
Born	(1755-03-05)5 March 1755 Peredmér, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Predimer, Slovakia)
Died	Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
Known for	wrote the first novel in Slovak

Jozef Ignác Bajza (Hungarian: Bajza József Ignác; 5 March 1755 – 1 December 1836) was an ethnically Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest in the Kingdom of Hungary.

He is best known for his novel René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (original, modern spelling René mládenca príhody a skúsenosti), which was the first novel written in Slovak language. He is buried in the St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava.

Works

• 1782

Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa (unpublished)

• 1784

René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (first part)

• 1785

René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (second part, unpublished)

• 1789

Anti-Fándly (work written against Juraj Fándly)

• 1789–1796

Kresťánské katolícké náboženstvo... ďíl 1.–5. (five volumes)

• 1794

Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata, jednako-konco-hlasné a zvuko-mírne

• 1794

Slovenské dvojnásobné epigrammata. Druhá knižka obsahujícá zvuko-mírné

• 1795

Veselé účinki, a rečeňí, které k stráveňu trúchľivích hoďín zebral a vidal… (book of anecdotes, satirical and humorous short stories)

• 1813

Prikladi ze svatého Písma starího a novího Zákona (second volume issued in 1820)