Latinská evanjelická baroková próza Samuela Hruškovica

Samuel Hruškovic (1. 4. 1694 Krupina – 1. 9. 1748 Banská Bystrica) bol významný barokový spisovateľ, prekladateľ, editor a reprezentant evanjelickej církvi – superintendent. Prispel k rozvoju barokového básnického štýlu (zvlášť v prekladoch lyriky a v autobiografii) a k formovaniu umelecky koncipovanej memoárovej literatúry (v autobiografii). Autobiografický charakter má latinská rukopisná próza Samuela Hruškovica Vita Samuelis Hruscowitz. Hruškovic ju napísal vo veku 25 rokov – po svojom návrate z akademických štúdií vo Wittenbergu (od augusta 1719 do januára 1720). Zachovala sa zásluhou Jána Mocka a je uložená v Tranosciu v Liptovskom Mikuláši. K písaniu životopisu ho podnietila smrť starého otca, ktorý krátko pred jeho príchodom zomrel. Písal ho predovšetkým pre svoje potreby, pre poučenie svojich priateľov a aj preto, aby bol pri jeho pohrebe poruke vlastný životopisný materiál.

Samuel Hruškovic (born April 1st, 1694 in Krupina, died September 1st, 1748 in Banská Bystrica) was an outstanding baroque writer, translator, editor and evangelical church representative-superintendent. He contributed to the development of baroque poetry style (especially in the translation of lyric poetry and his autobiography) and also to the formation of artisticly composed literature of memoirs (in his autobiography). His manuscript Vita Samuelis Hruscowitz, written in Latin, is of autobiographical character. Hruškovic had written it aged 25, after his return from his academic studies in Wittenberg (from August 1719 till January 1720). This work has been preserved thanks to Ján Mocko and is deposited in Tranoscius, Liptovský Mikuláš. Hruškovic came to the decision to write the autobiography after the death of his grandfather who had died before his return. He wrote it, primarily, because of his own needs, for the instruction to his friends and last but not least to leave some material with the facts about his life which could be later used at his funeral.