Draft:Jožo Nižnánsky

Jozef Nižnánsky, better known as Jožo Nižnánsky (30 August 1903, Brestovany, Kingdom of Hungary – 7 March 1976, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak writer and journalist, author of historical novels. His novel Čachtická paní, published in 1933, was the most successful Slovak novel of that year and remains the biggest Slovak bestseller to this day (as of 2021). Andrew Valuchek of the Columbia University stated in his 1937 review for the Books Abroad: The novel is intended as ultra'popular fiction, and has enjoyed a large sale.

Publications

 * 1928 – Medzi nebom a zemou (Between Heaven and Earth)
 * 1932 – Čachtická pani (The Lady of Čachtice Castle, published in English as The Báthory Legend)
 * 1933 – Dobrodružstvá Mórica Beňovského (The Adventures of Maurice Benyovszky)
 * 1934 – Spišské tajomstvo (The Mystery of Spiš county)
 * 1934– Cholera (Cholera)
 * 1935 – Krásna Hedviga (Beautiful Hedwig)
 * 1935 – Studňa lásky (The Well of Love)
 * 1937 – Žena dvoch mužov (Woman of Two Men)
 * 1937 – Právo prvej noci (Ius Primae Noctis)
 * 1938 – Trnava, ruža krvavá (Trnava the Bloody Rose)
 * 1938 – Proti kaštieľu, (Against the Manor House)
 * 1960 – Bojnické kamenné dukáty (Stone ducats of Town Bojnice)
 * 1971 – Lásky Žofie Bosniakovej (Loves of Žofia Bosniaková)