| LC control no. | no2017136457 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PG5438.M36 |
| Personal name heading | Matúška, Janko, 1821-1877 |
| Other standard no. | 30462091 0000000055411545 |
| Associated place | Orava (Slovakia and Poland) |
| Birth date | 1821-01-10 |
| Death date | 1877-01-11 |
| Place of birth | Dolný Kubín (Slovakia) |
| Place of death | Dolný Kubín (Slovakia) |
| Field of activity | Poetry Student movements Civil service |
| Profession or occupation | Poets Political activists Dramatists Clerks of court |
| Found in | Nad Tatrou sa blýska, 1919: (published with Kde domov můj?, the other Czechoslovakian national anthem) Československá státní hymna, 1950: title page (František Škroup; Janko Matúška; arr. Jan Uhlíř) Wikipedia, 19 October 2017 (Janko Matúška; Janko Matúška (born 10 January 1821 in Dolný Kubin, died 11 January 1877 in Dolný Kubin) was a Slovak poet, activist, occasional playwright, and clerk of the court; he is best known as the author of the Slovak national anthem, Nad Tatrou sa blýska [Lighting over the Tatras]; he wrote the national anthem's lyrics in 1844 as a student while protesting the unfair dismissal of a teacher; he lived in Orava (Árva) for most of his adult life; he worked in government offices after 1850 and was clerk of the county court in Dolný Kubin from 1870 to 1875; he is buried in Dolný Kubin) |
| Associated language | cze |
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