István Szijjártó () ( – 10 September 1833) was a Slovene Lutheran teacher and poet in Hungary.

He was born in Večeslavci (Prekmurje), near the Styrian border. His father was Iván Szijjártó, a Slovene peasant. Szijjártó studied in Nemescsó and in Sopron, at the Lutheran lyceum (?–1783). He taught in Križevci from 1787 to 1806 in Puconci. He later worked in Domanjševci, where he died.

In 1796, his hymnal Mrtvecsne Peszmi (Dirges) was published.

Works Mrtvecsne Peszmi (Dirges), 1796 Molitvi na sztári szlovenszki jezik obrnyene (Prayers Translated into Old Slovene), 1797 Sztarisinsztvo, i zvacsinsztvo (Marriage and Wedding), 1807 Sztarisinsztvo i zvacsinsztvo, 1852

See also List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary

References

Anton Trstenjak: Slovenci na Ogrskem, Narodnapisna in književna črtica, Objava arhivskih virov Maribor 2006.