Štefan Žáry (December 12, 1918 in

Poniky Poniky ( hu, Pónik) is a village and municipality in Banská Bystrica District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1282. Geography The municipality lies at ...

– August 25, 2007 in Bratislava) was a Slovak poet, prosaist, translator and essayist; author of erotic lyric poetry, patriotic and anti-war poems, reminiscential prose. In his patriotic poems, he expressed his disappointment of a civilization progress. He translated mainly

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. His works were initially related with surrealism, later he referred to folk and classical traditions. Notable works include collection of poems ''Srdcia na mozaike'' (1938), ''Meč a vavrin'' (1948), ''Smaragdové rúno'' (1977), ''Malá letná suita v štyroch vetách'' (1995), parodies of Slovak folk songs ''Satironikon'' (1990), novel ''Ktorýsi deň z konca leta'' (1998).

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