Janko Jesenský

Janko Jesenský was born on 30 December 1874 in Martin, into a family of minor nobility. A doctor of law from Prešov in 1901, he was a lawyer until 1914, then, called up, was taken prisoner in Russia and joined the Czechoslovak Corps. A senior official of the young republic, a poet at first ironic and light, then a singer of the national struggle, he satirized the Slovak State during the Second World War. He died in Bratislava on 27 December 1945.

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• NovelThe DemocratsDemokratiJanko Jesenský · 1934Literature