Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (or Andrej Brázda) (26 July 1915 – 2008) was a Canadian-based writer who wrote in Slovak.
Early life
Andrej Brázda-Jankovský was born in 1915 in what is present-day Slovakia.
Career
He emigrated to
Canada
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in 1968, where he lived and worked as a novelist and
journalist
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.
Personal life
He was the father of Canadian folk musicians Bystrik and Andrew Brazda. He was the grandfather of artist
Bozidar Brazda
Bozidar Brazda (born 1972 in Cambridge, Canada) is an artist. He lives and works in New York City.
Biography
Brazda is a Canadian-born, New York-based artist. He is the son of folk musician Andrew Brazda and the grandson of the award-winni ...
.
Death
He died in 2008 at the age of 93.
Work
All of Brázda's works were written in Slovak. These included ''Vzbúrenec'' (The Rebel), ''Svedok Antónia'' (The Witness Antonia) and ''Kanadský Slovák'' (The Canadian Slovak).
[The Canadian Slovak]
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Biography
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Canadian male novelists
Slovak-language writers
1915 births
Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada
2008 deaths
20th-century Canadian novelists
20th-century Canadian male writers