János Murkovics (

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

: ''Janoš Murkovič,'' December 23, 1839 – April 15, 1917) was a Slovene teacher, musician, and writer in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. He was born near

Ljutomer Ljutomer (; ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia, east of Maribor. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ljutomer. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. The economy of Ljutomer is la ...

, in

Bučkovci Bučkovci () is a settlement in the Municipality of Ljutomer in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. W ...

. He studied in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. In 1862 he relocated to

Beltinci Beltinci (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Böltinci'', or ''Belatincz'', ) is a town in the Prekmurje region of northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Beltinci. Črnec Creek, a tributary of the Ledava, flows through the settlement. ...

, at that time in Hungary. In 1871 wrote the school primer ''Abecednik''; this was the first

book written in the

Gaj's Latin alphabet Gaj's Latin alphabet ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Gajeva latinica, separator=" / ", Гајева латиница}, ), also known as ( sr-Cyrl, абецеда, ) or ( sr-Cyrl, гајица, link=no, ), is the form of the Latin script used for writing all ...

. Murkovics worked in

Trbovlje Trbovlje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's eleventh-largest town, located in the traditional province of Styria ...

from 1878 to 1880, and by 1880 was in Hungary again, in

Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; , formerly ''Alsólendva''; , formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municipality of Lendava. It forms ...

. In 1910, he retired in Lendavske Gorice, where he later died.

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Zgodovina šole v Beltincih
* Pokrajinski muzej Murska Sobota, ''Katalog stalne razstave,''

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; ;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Murska Sob ...

1997.
''Slovenski biografski leksikon'': Murkovič Janez
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murkovics, Janos Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian educators Writers from Austria-Hungary Musicians from Austria-Hungary Educators from Austria-Hungary 1839 births 1917 deaths People from the Municipality of Ljutomer People from Lendava Slovenian writers Slovenian musicians

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