Samo Tomášik, also known as Samuel Tomášik,Völgyiová, Emília; Tomková, Tatiana. Samuel Tomášik /1813-1887/. Matica slovenská. https://matica.sk/samuel-tomasik-1813-1887/ pseudonyms Kozodolský, Tomášek; February 8, 1813 – September 10, 1887) was a Slovak

romantic poet Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Neoclassical ideas of the 18th c ...

and prosaist. He was best known for writing the 1834 poem, "

Hej, Slováci "Hey, Slavs" is a patriotic song dedicated to the Slavs and widely considered to be the Pan-Slavic anthem. It was adapted and adopted as the national anthem of various Slavic-speaking nations, movements and organizations during the late 19th and ...

", which was in use since 1944 - under the title of "Hej, Sloveni" () - as the national anthem of

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and later

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until 2006. It was also the national anthem of the

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from 1939 to 1945 as original version "Hej, Slováci" ()

Early life and education

Tomášik was born in Jelšavská Teplica, now

Gemerské Teplice Gemerské Teplice () is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. History It arose in 1964 for the union of Gemerský Milhost' and Jelšavská Teplica in a unique Municipality. Gemerský Milhost' me ...

. His is education began in

Jelšava Jelšava ( or ''Jelschau''; ; ) is a town and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. Etymology The name is derived from Slovak language, Slovak ''jelša'' (Alnus glutinosa, alder). ''Jelšava'' means "a place ...

and Gemer. He studied at secondary school in

Rožňava Rožňava (, , Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attr ...

and later he continued with studies on lyceum in

Kežmarok Kežmarok ( or ; , , , ) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. History Settlement at Kežmarok dates back to the Up ...

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and

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. Upon completing his studies he worked for two years as an educator in

Bánréve Bánréve is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1920 36 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust The Ho ...

, but when his father got sick he returned home and after his death became a Lutheran pastor in Chyžné. When he left to Germany to finish his education, he was supplied by

Samo Chalupka Samo Chalupka (27 February 1812 – 19 May 1883) was a Slovak Lutheran priest and romantic poet. Life Samo Chalupka was a younger brother of Ján Chalupka, another Slovak writer. Samo studied at the Evangelical Lutheran Lyceum in Brati ...

. In years 1856 - 1860 he became education supervisor and on his behalf was established the first Slovak high school in

Revúca Revúca (; formerly ''Veľká Revúca'' in Slovak; ; ) is a town in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Revúca is the seat of Revúca District. Etymology The name is of Slovak origin and was initially the name of Revúca Creek (literally, 'roa ...

Career

Tomášik belongs to the period between Kollár and Štúr generation. His first works were Latin poetry, but he was also interested in folklore. Besides Latin he wrote in Slovak and

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. In his work can be often found challenge to fight for freedom or justice, endeavor to prove the importance of the Slovak nation in the history of the

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. He also attended to satyric, marital and folklore poetry. He places his writings on the region of Muráň and Gemer. His works are distinguished by musicality and folk language and many of them have become traditional. He died in

Chyžné Chyžné () is a village and municipality in Revúca District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia. History In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1427 (1427 ''Hyznow'', 1551 ''Hysnyo'', 1557 ''Chisno'', 1575 ''Chysne'', ...

List of his writings

* 1888 - ''Básně a písně'', collective writing * 1834 - ''

'' (originally ''Na Slovany''), hymnic song and former anthem of

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(later

) and the

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during WW2 * 1846 - ''Hladomra'', the first prose (legend) * 1864 - ''Bašovci na Muránskom zámku'', tale * 1865 - ''Sečovci, veľmoži gemerskí'', tale * 1867 - ''Vešelínovo dobytie Muráňa'', tale * 1870 - ''Odboj Vešelínov'', tale * 1873 - ''Malkotenti'', tale * 1876 - ''Kuruci'', tale * 1872 - ''Pamäti gemersko-malohontské'', factual writing about the Gemer history * 1883 - ''Denkwürdigkeiten des Muranyer Schlosses, mit Bezug auf die Vaterländische Geschichte'', factual history of the

Muráň Castle Muráň Castle (; ), is a ruin of a medieval castle above the village of Muráň, in the Muránska planina National Park in Slovakia. The castle is noteworthy for its unusually high elevation of 935 m, making it the third highest castle in Slovak ...

* ''Barón Trenck'', leader of the pandoors, unfinished novel (only manuscript) * ''Svadba pod Kohoutem'', drama (only manuscript) * ''Kolo Tatier čierňava'', revolutionary song * ''Hej, pod Kriváňom'' (originally ''Hej, pod Muráňom''), nationalized song * ''Ja som bača veľmi starý''

References

External links

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Gemerčan Samo Tomášik – autor hymny všetkých Slovanov
(retrieved on 2008-10-31) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomasik, Samo 1813 births 1887 deaths People from Revúca District Slovak poets Slovak Lutherans National anthem writers 19th-century Lutherans Poets from the Austrian Empire Poets from Austria-Hungary