Jozef Ignác Bajza

Jozef Ignác Bajza
Born	5 March 1755 Peredmér, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Predimer, Slovakia)
Died	1 December 1836 (aged 81) Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (now Bratislava, Slovakia)
Known for	wrote the first novel in Slovak
Religion	Roman Catholic

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Rozličných veršuv knižka prvňa (unpublished)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René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi (second part, unpublished)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)