HOLLY, JÁN. - Slovak priest and poet, b. 24 March 1785 in Borský Sv. Mikuláš, d. 14 April 1849 in Dobrá Voda.
H. is the first Slovak national poet in the full sense of the word. He belongs to the school of Bernolák. His poetry, full of romantic spirit, still depends formally on classical Latin literature. He uses classical metric prosody and draws his inspiration especially from the Aeneid for his epic-heroic poems.
His work can be divided into three groups: the translations of the Latin and Greek classics Eneida Wirgiliova, (Trnava 1828). The heroic poems inspired by national history: Swatopluk, heroic poem in 12 cantos (Trnava 1833); Släm, heroic poem in 12 cantos (ibid. 1833); Cirillo-Metodiada, heroic poem in 6 cantos (Budin 1835). In his lyric poetry, especially religious, his most important work is Katolicki Spewnik (ibid. 1842).
His spiritual songs were set to music and had wide circulation.
Bibliography3 worksL. Riznér, Bibliografia, II, Turč. Sv. Martin, pp. 116-119; I. Kotvan, Bernolákovci, Trnava 1949; A. Mráz, Dejiny slov. literatúry (History
BIBL.: L. Riznér, Bibliografia, II, Turč. Sv. Martin, pp. 116-119; I. Kotvan, Bernolákovci, Trnava 1949; A. Mráz, Dejiny slov. literatúry (History of Slovak literature), Bratislava 1948, pp. 120-123, passim.
Lacko, Michele. “Holly, ján.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1466. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/holly-jan.
MLA
Lacko, Michele. “Holly, ján.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1466. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/holly-jan.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_holly_jan,
author = {Lacko, Michele},
title = {Holly, ján},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1466},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/holly-jan}
}
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