2024Personalities - Janko Jesensky (1874–1945) - Set

Slovak writer - poet and prose writer, translator from Russian, lawyer and civil servant by civil profession, Janko Jesenský, came from a nationally oriented family of landowners. He graduated from the evangelical lyceum in Kežmark, graduated in law from the Law Academy in Prešov, and received his doctor of law degree from the University of Cluj. As a clerk, he worked for several nationally recognized lawyers, operating his own office in Bánovce nad Bebravou since 1906. During his studies, he led a bohemian life, including defending his own honor by sword fighting. In 1909, he married Anna Bottová, the daughter of Slovak lawyer and historian Július Bott.