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Miloš Krno
Miloš Krno (25 July 1922 – 21 July 2007) was a Slovak writer. Biography Krno was born in Bratislava and was raised in Partizánska Ľupča. From 1941 to 1946, he studied at Comenius University in Bratislava. He published his first poetry collection, ''Šialené predstavenie,'' in 1944. He later began writing prose. His novels include ''Dve cesty'' (1953), ''Lavína'' (1954) and ''Míľový krok'' (1977) which form a trilogy, and another trilogy consisting of novels ''Cnostný Metod'' (1978), ''Udatný Radúz'' (1984) and ''Statočný Celo'' (1985). His 1958 novel ''Vrátim sa živý'' tells the story of Ján Nálepka. In 1984 he published the first part of his memoirs, ''Hory, rieky, ľudia,'' depicting his years from 1922 – 1953. He also wrote film and television screenplays and children's books, and also translated Russian, German, Georgian and Armenian poetry into Slovak. His last book, ''Ak je na zemi raj'', in which he recalls his trips to Georgia and meetings of Georgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partizánska Ľupča
Partizánska Ľupča (until 1945 ''Nemecká Ľupča'', , ) is a large village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. Etymology The name ''Ľupča'' is derived from Slavic personal name with a root ''Ľub''. ''Lipche/Lypche (Lipcse)'' are already Hungarized forms because of contemporary practice of the Royal Estate, however also these forms were sometimes again Slovakized in medieval documents (e.g. ''Lipcza''). The etymological adjective "Nemecká" (German) Ľupča referenced to the ethnic composition of the town in the Middle Ages. After World War II it was changed to "Partizánska" (Partisan) Ľupča thanks to its active participation in the Slovak National Uprising. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1252. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it was part of Liptó County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. Geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comenius University
Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century Czech teacher and philosopher. In 2020, Comenius University had more about 23,000 students and 2,500 faculty members. As are most universities in Slovakia, it is funded mostly by the government. History The Comenius University was established in 1919 with assistance from the more established University of Prague. It was meant to replace the former Elisabeth University :sk:Alžbetínska univerzita">''sk'' which had been located in Bratislava since 1912, as the latter had been forcefully disbanded in 1919 by Samuel Zoch, plenipotentiary župan of Slovakia, after Hungarian professors refused to take an oath of allegiance at that time in the First Czechoslovak Republic. This had caused the majority of the university's professors (and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ján Nálepka
Ján Nálepka (20 September 1912 in Szepessümeg, Kingdom of Hungary – 16 November 1943 in Ovruch, Operation Barbarossa, Axis powers-occupied Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) was a Slovakia, Slovak captain who organized and led an Anti-fascism, anti-fascist Slovak partisan detachment in the Soviet Union during World War II. Biography Nálepka was born into a peasant family in the village of Szepessümeg. From 1931, he worked as a teacher in Stupava, Malacky District, Stupava, Poruba pod Vihorlatom, Dolná Mariková and Horná Mariková. From 1934 he served as a lieutenant in the Czechoslovak Army, and since 1939 he served in the Slovak armed forces. In 1939 he took part in the Slovak advance into Poland. In 1941, the Nazi Germany, German-allied Slovak State participated in Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, and the military unit in which Nálepka served was sent to fight against the Red Army on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front. In 1942, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Births
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2007 Deaths
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Writers From Bratislava
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak Translators
Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arkansas, United States See also * Slovák, a surname * Slovák, the official newspaper of the Slovak People's Party Andrej Hlinka, Hlinka's Slovak People's Party (), also known as the Slovak People's Party (, SĽS) or the Hlinka Party, was a far-right Clerical fascism, clerico-fascist political party with a strong Catholic fundamentalism, Catholic fundamental ... * {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
