Imre Augustich - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Imre Augustich
- Imre Augustich or Agostich (Slovene: Imre Augustic September 29/30, 1837 – July 17, 1879) was a 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 supported magyarization in the Slovene March.
- Augustich translated verses by Sándor Petofi, János Arany, Pál Gyulai, and others, at the same time renewing Prekmurje Slovene language and literature. He died of tuberculosis in Budapest.
