Imre Augustich
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Imre Augustich or Agostich ( September 29/30, 1837 – July 17, 1879) was a Slovenians, Slovene writer, poet, journalist, and representative of Vas county in the National Assembly of Hungary. He was the author of ''Prijátel'' (Friend), the first newspaper in Prekmurje Slovene. Augustich was born in Murski Petrovci (Prekmurje). His father, Lajos Augustich, was a petty nobleman and economic officer for the Szapáry family. His mother, Julianna Zanaty, was born in Szombathely. Augustich studied in Szombathely and Budapest, and early in his career was a notary for the Batthyány family in Murska Sobota and Alsószölnök, and became a reporter and journalist in Budapest. The first works that Augustich wrote in Hungarian language, Hungarian supported magyarization in the Slovene March (Kingdom of Hungary), Slovene March. Augustich translated verses by Sándor Petőfi, János Arany, Pál Gyulai, and others, at the same time renewing Prekmurje Slovene language and literature. He died of tuberculosis in Budapest.


Works

* ''A polgári házasság. Népszerű jog- és társadalmi tudomány dr. H-ain és dr. Ch-nd után''. (Pest, 1868.) * ''Návuk vogerszkoga jezika za zacsetnike''. Budapest, 1876. * ''Prirodopis s kepami,'' 1879 * ''Prijátel'' 1875–1879


Literature


Szinnyei József: Magyar írók élete és munkái I. (Aachs–Bzenszki). Budapest: Hornyánszky. 1891. → Augustich (Agostich) Imre
* Natalija Ulčnik: Začetki prekmurskega časopisja, Zora 67, 2009. Maribor * Anton Trstenjak: Slovenci na Ogrskem, Narodnapisna in književna črtica, OBJAVA ARHIVSKIH VIROV Maribor 2006. * Vilko Novak: Izbor prekmurskega slovstva, Ljubljana 1976.


See also

* List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary {{DEFAULTSORT:Augustich, Imre Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Politicians from Austria-Hungary Poets from Austria-Hungary Journalists from Austria-Hungary Slovenian journalists Hungarian journalists Hungarian Slovenes Hungarian male poets 1837 births 1879 deaths 19th-century journalists Male journalists 19th-century Hungarian poets People from the Municipality of Tišina 19th-century Hungarian male writers