József Pusztai


József Pusztai was a Slovene writer, poet, journalist, teacher, and cantor in Hungary. He was also known under the pen name Tibor Andorhegyi.
Born in Bellatincz, Muravidék, in Zala County of the Kingdom of Hungary, his parents were János Pozderecz and Franciska Nemecz. His surname was modified to Pusztai because he thought of himself as a Hungarian and felt it was the duty of ethnic Slovenes to assimilate. In Csáktornya and Pécs he studied to be a teacher, graduating in 1883. After first having worked in Szőce, in 1889 he returned to Muravidék. From 1889 until 1919 he worked in Mártonhely, near Muraszombat where he wrote the first hymnal in Prekmurje Slovene. He wrote articles for Muraszombat és Vidéke, for Értesítő in Szombathely, and for Dober pajdás in Szentgotthárd. In 1919 he returned to his hometown of Beltinci.

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