Balázs Berke
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Born was in Kančevci in 1754. Learn in Wittenberg in Saxony, in 1782 return in Hungary. Worked in Puconci, Surd and Nemespátró, in 1803 in Hodoš. Dead in Nemespátró, about 1821.
Wrote an Latin book Ode Saphica honori ac venerationi Adami Farkas solemnia suis nominis celebrantis (commemoration about the poet Ádám Farkas) and an hymnal in prekmurian language Szlovenszke Dühovne peszmi (Slovene spiritual hymns, 1768–1769).
Sources
- Szinnyei József: MAGYAR ÍRÓK ÉLETE ÉS MUNKÁI
- Nemespártói Evangélikus Egyházközség
- Vilko Novak: Martjanska pesmarica, ZALOŽBA ZRC. Ljubljana 1997. ISBN 961-6182-27-7
