Balázs Berke

Balázs Berke (Slovene: Balaž Berke) was a Slovene poet, writer, and Lutheran priest in Hungary, in the Slovene March (today Prekmurje and Vendvidék).

Born was in Kančevci in 1754. He studied in Wittenberg in Saxony, and in 1782 he returned to Hungary. He worked in Puconci, Surd, and Nemespátró, and then in 1803 in Hodoš. He died in Nemespátró around 1821.

Berke wrote the Latin book Ode Saphica honori ac venerationi Adami Farkas solemnia suis nominis celebrantis (a commemoration of the poet Ádám Farkas) and a hymnal in the Prekmurje dialect titled Szlovenszke Dühovne peszmi (Slovene 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

See also

• List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

Municipality of Moravske Toplice
Settlements	Administrative centre: Moravske Toplice Andrejci Berkovci Bogojina Bukovnica Čikečka Vas Filovci Fokovci Ivanci Ivanjševci Ivanovci Kančevci Krnci Lončarovci Lukačevci Martjanci Mlajtinci Motvarjevci Noršinci Pordašinci Prosenjakovci Ratkovci Sebeborci Selo Središče Suhi Vrh Tešanovci Vučja Gomila
Landmarks	Kančevci Parish Church Martjanci Parish Church Selo Rotunda Terme 3000 Spa
Notable people	József Bagáry István Ballér Iván Bassa Balázs Berke Ferenc Berke József Borovnyák Ádám Farkas Mihály Gáber Ferenc Ivanóczy János Kardos Péter Kollár Mihály Kolossa József Kossics Miklós Küzmics Miklós Legén Miklós Luttár Gergely Luthár Ferenc Novák Ferenc Oslay József Pusztai István Szelmár Mihály Terplán Sándor Terplán