Dr Ján Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (12 February 1866,ádašiJégé in Dolný Kubín – 2 July 1940, in Dolný Kubín) was a Slovak writer, literary critic and doctor.
Life
He was born into a lawyer's family in Dolný Kubín, and studied in Kežmarok, Ružomberok, Gyöngyös and Levoča. After leaving exams in Levoča he started to study medicine in Prague. He planned to leave for Cleveland in the United States, however, family problems changed his plans. He settled as a doctor in Dolný Kubín, where, with the exception of 1924–25, when he lived in Bratislava, lived his almost whole life. Jégé died in 1940 due to heart attack.
Works
He started writing during his studies in Prague. At that time, he was a member of the Detvan association, which supported his literary activities. Under the pseudonym Ján Grob (from initials comes his pseudonym Jégé) he wrote several sketches and one novella. Most of his works, however, come from the 1930s and particularly 1920s, when he wrote his best works.
1897 - Pomsta ("Revenge"), tale
1889 - Výhody spoločenského života ("Advantages of the social life"), novella
1922 - Wieniawského legenda ("Wieniawski's legend"), historical novel
1923 - Adam Šangala, historical novel
1925 - Krpčeky sv. Floriána ("St. Florian's little boots"), drama
1925 - Mia, drama
1925 - Kuruci, ("Kuruc"), novella
1926 - Magister rytier Donč ("Knight Donč the Magister"), novella
1926 - Horymír, novella
1928 - Svätopluk, novel
1930 - Cesta životom ("A way through the life"), autobiographical work
1931 - Itália ("Italy"), collection of novellas
1931 - Kozinský mlyn ("Mill of Kozin"), novella
1932 - Alina Orságová, novel
1934 - Medzi nimi ("Between them"), collection of novellas
1937 - S duchom času ("With the spirit of time/Zeitgeist"), novel
References
Peter Petro. History of Slovak Literature. McGill-Queens University Press, 1997. ; pp. 121–123