Simon Knéfacz

Simon Knéfacz, or Simeon Knéfacz, alternative names Kniefacz, Šimon Knefac, Šimeon Kniefac (February 23, 1752 – August 3, 1819) was a Hungarian monk and Burgenland Croatian writer.

Born in Devínska Nová Ves near Bratislava (originally Mátyás Knéfacz), died in Klingenbach. He wrote three books in Burgenland Croatian. Knéfacz, along with , and played a role in the standardization of the Burgenland Croatian language in the 18th century.

Works[]

• Lapat evangeliumszki (Evangeliary), 1798
• Marianszko czvéche (Virgin's flower), 1803
• Vrata nebészka (Heavenly Gate), 1804

See also[]

• Burgenland Croats

Literature[]

• Nikola Benčić: Književnost gradišćanskih Hrvata, Zagreb 1998. ISBN 953-6260-05-0
• Ludwig Kuzmich: Kulturhistorische Aspekte der burgenlandkroatischen Druckwerke bis 1921 mit einer primären Bibliographie, Eisenstadt 1992.
• Paul Jos. Šafařík's Geschichte der südslawischen Literatur, Verlag von Friedrich Tempsky 1864. (pdf file)

External links[]

• Das Auer Himmelstor 1857 - Cundravska Vrata nebeska

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