Handrij Zejler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Handrij Zejler

Sorbian writer and activist

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1804

Place of Birth: Salzenforst, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1872

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Handrij Zejler (1 February 1804 – 15 October 1872; official German name Andreas Seiler) was a Sorbian writer, pastor and national activist.
He co-founded the Lusatian cultural and scientific society Macica Serbska. Zejler was born on 1 February 1804 in Slona Boršc (German: Salzenforst), now a part of Budyšin (Bautzen).
He was an author of popular religious, love and patriotic poems, as well as the Sorbian national anthem Rjana Lužica, linguistic works, publicist works, ballads, satires, fables.
He died on 15 October 1872 in Laz (Lohsa) near Wojerecy (Hoyerswerda). Zejler is seen today as one of the founders of Sorbian national literature.