Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé | |
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| Born | 12 February 1866 |
| Died | 2 July 1940 (aged 74) Dolný Kubín, Slovakia |
| Resting place | Dolný Kubín |
| Other names | Ladislav Nádaši |
| Occupation | poet |
DrJán Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (12 February 1866, inDolný Kubín – 2 July 1940, in Dolný Kubín) was aSlovak writer, literary critic and doctor.
He was born into a lawyer's family in Dolný Kubín, and studied inKežmarok,Ružomberok,Gyöngyös andLevoča. After leaving exams in Levoča he started to study medicine inPrague. He planned to leave forCleveland in theUnited States, however, family problems changed his plans. He settled as a doctor in Dolný Kubín, where, with the exception of 1924–25, when he lived inBratislava, lived his almost whole life. Jégé died in 1940 due toheart attack.
He started writing during his studies in Prague. At that time, he was a member of the Detvan association, which supported his literary activities. Under the pseudonym Ján Grob (from initials comes his pseudonym Jégé) he wrote several sketches and one novella. Most of his works, however, come from the 1930s and particularly 1920s, when he wrote his best works.
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