Handrij Zejler

Handrij Zejler (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872; official German name Andreas Seiler) was a Sorbian writer, Lutheran pastor, and national activist. He co-founded the Lusatian cultural and scientific society Maćica Serbska.

Biography

Zejler was born on 1 February 1804 in Słona Boršć (German: Salzenforst), now a part of Budyšin (Bautzen).

He was an author of popular religious, love and patriotic poems, as well as the Sorbian national anthem Rjana Łužica, linguistic works, publicist works, ballads, satires, fables. He died on 15 October 1872 in Łaz (Lohsa) near Wojerecy (Hoyerswerda).

Zejler is seen today as one of the founders of Sorbian national literature.

Memory

His name bears the of the Federal State of Saxony.

See also

• Jakub Bart-ĆiÅ¡inski (1856–1909) - Poet, writer, playwright, and translator
• Jan Kilian (1811–1884) - Pastor and leader of the Sorbian colony in Texas
• Korla Awgust Kocor (1822–1904) - Composer and conductor
• Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848) - Explorer and naturalist
• Jan ArnoÅ¡t Smoler (1816–1884) - Philologist and writer
• Jurij Brězan (1916–2006) - Writer, novelist, and author of children's books
• Jurij Koch (b. 1936) - Writer, editor, and reporter
• John Symank (1935–2002) - Head coach for Northern Arizona University and the University of Texas at Arlington football teams, defensive back in the NFL, and player for the University of Florida
• Mato Kosyk (1853–1940) - Poet and minister
• Kito Lorenc (1938–2017) - Writer, lyric poet, and translator

References

• Handrij Zejler, Pfarrer, Publizist, Patriot - Begründer der modernen sorbischen Dichtkunst