Kristína Royová

Kristína Royová
Born (1860-08-18)August 18, 1860
Stará Turá, Austrian Empire, (present-day Slovakia)
Died December 27, 1936(1936-12-27)
Stará Turá, Czechoslovakia, (present-day Slovakia)
Citizenship Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czechoslovakia
Occupation Protestant activist, thinker, revivalist, novelist and poet
Known for literary works translated into 36 languages
Religion Lutheran
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Kristína Royová (18 August 1860, in Stará Turá – 27 December 1936, in Stará Turá) was Slovak Protestant activist, thinker, revivalist, novelist and poet.

She was founder of the Blue Cross and diaconical centre in Stará Turá. Her literary works were translated into 36 languages. During the reign of communist party in former Czechoslovakia, Christian literature written by her was among those frequently confiscated by state security service ŠtB[1] and at the same time she was blacklisted on the socialist era school curricula. Nowadays she is considered to be the Slovak author with the most frequently translated literary works and some literary critics regard her for being a "Slovak Kierkegaard".[2]

Early life

Parents of Kristína Royová were descendants of two prominent Lutheran families. Father August Roy, close friend of J.M. Hurban, was member of Slavic society, co-founder of Matica Slovenská and Slovak gymnasiums (high schools). Mother was from house of Holuby, her brother Jozef Ľudovít Holuby was prominent Slovak botanist, ethnographer, church historian and archaeologist and her other brother Karol Holuby was executed close to present-day Šulekovo village in the revolutionary year of 1848. The childhood of Kristína Royová was associated with Lutheran parish in Stará Turá, where local chaplains were at the same time her teachers. Still, the overall education she received had not fulfilled her vast intellectual potential. The great contribution to development of her skills was a one-year study at higher secondary school in Bratislava where she managed to master the German language.

Literary Works

References

  1. ↑ Slavka, M.; et al. (1994). Naše korene (in Slovak). Bratislava: Nádej. p. 187. ISBN 80-7120-029-8. ... At the same time their personal correspondence, typing machines and Christian literature was confiscated, mainly the one written by national author Kristína Royová.
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