L’udovít Štúr

Slovak scholar

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L'udovít Štúr was a pivotal figure in the development of the Slovak language and literature. He was a linguist and patriot who refined the literary Slovak language in the early 19th century. Štúr and his followers began writing in central Slovak dialects, which, with modifications and codification by Martin Hattala, became the accepted standard for the Slovak language. This standardization was crucial for the burgeoning national consciousness and the subsequent flourishing of Slovak literature, with poets like Andrej Sládkovič and Janko Král' emerging in this era.12

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Slovakia
Literature and drama
…Slovak Lutheran writers, headed by L’udovít Štúr, to abandon Czech in favor of Slovak. This time the codification was based on the Central Slovak dialect. Later poets, using a refined form of literary Slovak, continued to produce nationalistic and Romantic works, such as Marína (1846), by Andrej Sládkovič (Andrej Braxatoris),…
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…Slovak Lutheran writers, headed by L’udovít Štúr, to abandon Czech in favor of Slovak. This time the codification was based on the Central Slovak dialect. Later poets, using a refined form of literary Slovak, continued to produce nationalistic and Romantic works, such as Marína (1846), by Andrej Sládkovič (Andrej Braxatoris),…
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Slovak language
…group led by the Protestant L’udovít Štúr (1815–56) began to write in the central Slovak dialects. The language of these writings, as modified and codified by Martin Hattala in his grammar of 1852, rapidly gained approval and was accepted as standard.
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…group led by the Protestant L’udovít Štúr (1815–56) began to write in the central Slovak dialects. The language of these writings, as modified and codified by Martin Hattala in his grammar of 1852, rapidly gained approval and was accepted as standard.
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