Ján Brezina (1 January 1917 in
Východná
Východná ( hu, Vichodna) is a village and municipality in Liptovský Mikuláš District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia.
History
In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1269, at the foot of Kriváň, Slovakia's symbo ...
– 4 August 1997 in
Bratislava
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
) was a
Slovak poet, literary historian and theoretician.
He was an employee of the
Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences ( sk, Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestab ...
since 1943, of the
Slovak Matica and from 1970 - 1973 director of the Institute for Literal History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Works
Poems:
*Nikdy sa nestretnem (I will never meet)
*Okrídlený deň (A day with wings)
*Nočné bdenie (Night waking)
*Horúcou linkou (By a hotline)
Literary history:
*Slovenská poézia v revolučných rokoch 1917-1922 (Slovak poetry in the revolutionary years 1917-1922)
References
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Slovak poets
1917 births
1997 deaths
Comenius University alumni
People from Liptovský Mikuláš District