Ivan Stodola (10 March 1888 in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš – 26 March 1977 in

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) was Slovak dramatist and

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Biography

He was born in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš into a family of professional tanners and teachers. He was educated in his hometown,

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and Kežmarok, and later, he studied medicine at college in

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and

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, earning a degree in 1912. He started as a doctor in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš, and during

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he also worked as a wartime doctor. After the war, he returned to his hometown, and became an editor of magazine ''Boj o zdravie'' (Struggle for Health). In 1933, he became a regional health inspector and in 1938 - 1939 worked at the Ministry of Health in

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. In 1946 he earned a degree of lecturer of social pathology. In 1951 while he was working in

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, he was illegitimately sentenced and incarcerated for eight years, but he was freed on amnesty two years later. Since 1954, he lived in

as a pensioner. In 1967, he earned a title of national artist. He died at the age of 89 on 26 March 1977 in Piešťany. He is now interred in the

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Works

Comedies

* 1925 - ''Žarty'' (book form published in 1926) * 1925 - ''Daňové pokonávanie'' (book form published in 1926) * 1926 - ''Náš pán minister '' * 1929 - ''Čaj u pána senátora '' * 1931 - ''Jožko Púčik a jeho kariéra '' * 1933 - ''Cigánča '' * 1941 - ''Keď jubilant plače '' * 1943 - ''Mravci a svrčkovia'' * 1944 - ''Komédia''

Tragedies

* 1928 - ''Bačova žena''

Historical and romantic plays

* 1931 - ''Kráľ Svätopluk'' * 1938 - ''Veľkomožní páni'' * 1941 - ''Marína Havranová '' (book form published in 1942) * 1946 - ''Básnik a smrť'' (it was later reworked and published in 1974 under name ''Zahučali hory'') * 1948 - ''Ján Pankrác'' * 1958 - ''Pre sto toliarov''

Other dramatical works

* 1928 - ''Belasý encián'' (book form published in 1931) * 1930 - ''Posledná symfónia'' * 1935 - ''Bankinghouse Khuvich and Comp. ''

Memoir and autobiographical works

* 1947 - ''Bolo, ako bolo'' * 1968 - ''Náš strýko Aurel'' * 1969 - ''Smutné časy, smutný dom'' * 1972 - ''Z každého rožka troška'' * 1977 - ''V šľapajach Hippokrata''

Minor book publications

* 1933 - ''Z našej minulosti'' * 1947 - ''Štvrťstoročné Železnô'' * 1965 - ''Bolo ako bolo''

Filmed works

* 1947 - ''Bačova žena'' (under name ''Varuj'') * 1958 - ''Jožko Púčik a jeho kariéra'' (under name ''Statočný zlodej'')

External links

Ivan Stodola

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stodola, Ivan 1888 births 1977 deaths Slovak writers Slovak dramatists and playwrights Writers from Liptovský Mikuláš 20th-century dramatists and playwrights Burials at National Cemetery in Martin