Mihály Fincicky
Mihály Fincicky | |
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Hungary | |
| Died | 1916 |
Mihály Fincicky (Čepeľ, since 1914 part of
Hungarian lawyer, translator, collector of folk songs and folk tales, lifelong mayor of Ungvár
since 1891.
Biography
He and his colleagues collected 339 folk-songs and 92 folk tales. The original version of this collection of Rusyn songs is unavailable. The collection has been published in Hungarian by Kisfaludy Társaság in 1870 as a part of the series Hazai, nem magyar ajkú népköltészet tára. After retiring, he translated 40 of the fairy tales collected by him. These were published in 1970.
Sources
- Sztripszky Hiador: Ethnographia, 1916.
- Berze Nagy János: Magyar népmesetípusok (I–II., Pécs, 1957).
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- ISBN 963-05-1287-4. II. kötet.