{{short description, None The following is a list of notable authors of Slovak

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Baroque (1650–1780)

Matthias Bel Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél (german: link=no, Matthias Bel; hu, Bél Mátyás; sk, Matej Bel; la, Matthias Belius; 22–24 March(?), 1684 – 29 August 1749) was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. Bel was active in ...

(1684–1749) *

Adam František Kollár Adam František Kollár de Keresztén (german: Adam Franz Kollar von Keresztén, hu, kereszténi Kollár Ádám Ferenc; 1718–1783) was a Slovak jurist, Imperial-Royal Court Councillor and Chief Imperial-Royal Librarian, a member of Natio Hun ...

(1718–1783) *

Daniel Sinapius-Horčička Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (August 3, 1640 – January 27, 1688) was a Slovak baroque writer, poet, dramatist, composer of hymns and evangelical Protestant preacher who lived during the mid 17th century in what is modern Slovakia. Life Daniel ...

(1640–1688)

Classicism (1780–1840)

Jozef Ignác Bajza Jozef Ignác Bajza ( hu, Bajza József Ignác; 5 March 1755 – 1 December 1836) was an ethnically Slovak writer, satirist and Catholic priest in the Kingdom of Hungary. He is best known for his novel ''René mláďenca príhodi a skúsenosťi' ...

(1755–1836) *

Juraj Fándly Juraj Fándly ( hu, György Fándly or ''György Fandl''; 21 October 1750 – 7 March 1811) was a Slovak writer, Catholic priest and entomologist (bee-keeper) in the Kingdom of Hungary. Life He was born in Častá (Cseszte), Kingdom of Hung ...

(1750–1811) *

Ján Chalupka Ján Chalupka (28 October 1791 - 15 July 1871) was a Slovak dramatist, playwright, publicist and Evangelical pastor. Life He was born in Horná Mičiná, into the family of Evangelical pastor Adam Chalupka, and was not the only member who cho ...

(1791–1871) *

Ján Kollár Ján Kollár ( hu, Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, priest, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism. Life He studied at the Lutheran Lyceum in Pressburg ...

(1793–1852) * Pavol Jozef Šafárik (Pavel Josef Šafařík) (1795–1861)

Romanticism (1840–1850)

Pavol Dobšinský Pavol Dobšinský (16 March 1828 – 22 October 1885) was a Slovak collector of folklore and writer belonging to the period of Romanticism and the Štúr generation. He is perhaps best known for creating the largest and most complete collection o ...

(1828–1885) *

Michal Miloslav Hodža Michal Miloslav Hodža ( hu, Hodzsa Mihály Milos; 22 September 1811 – 26 March 1870) was a Slovak national revivalist, Lutheran pastor, poet, linguist, and representative of the Slovak national movement in 1840s as a member of "the trinity" ...

(1811–1870) *

Jozef Miloslav Hurban Jozef Miloslav Hurban ( hu, Hurbán József Miloszláv; pseudonyms ''Slavomil F. Kořennatý, Ľudovít Pavlovič, M. z Bohuslavíc, M. Selovský'', 19 March 1817 – 21 February 1888) was a leader of the Slovak National Council and the Slovak ...

(1817–1888) *

Ľudovít Štúr Ľudovít Velislav Štúr (; hu, Stur Lajos; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), known in his era as Ludevít Štúr, (pen names : B. Dunajský, Bedlivý Ludorob, Boleslav Záhorský, Brat Slovenska, Ein Slave, Ein ungarischer Slave, Karl Wi ...

(1815–1856) * Samo Tomášik (1813–1887)

Between Romanticism and Realism (1850–1875)

* Jakub Grajchman (1822–1897) * Jonáš Záborský (1812–1876)

Realism (1875–1905)

Janko Alexy Janko Alexy (25 January 1894 in Liptovský Mikuláš – 22 September 1970 in Bratislava) was a famous painter, writer, and publicist of Slovak origin. He is generally recognized (together with Martin Benka and Ľudovít Fulla) as one of key pe ...

(1894–1970) *

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (2 February 1849 - 8 November 1921) was a Slovak poet, dramatist, translator, and for a short time, member of the Czechoslovak parliament. Originally, he wrote in a traditional style, but later became influenced by pa ...

(1849–1921) * Martin Kukučín (1860–1928) *

Kristína Royová Kristína Royová (18 August 1860, in Stará Turá – 27 December 1936, in Stará Turá) was a Slovakia, Slovak Protestantism, Protestant activist, thinker, revivalist, novelist and poet. She was founder of the Modrý kríž, Blue Cross and ...

(1860–1936) * Jozef Gregor-Tajovský (1874–1940) * Timrava (Božena Slančíková) (1867–1951) *

Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský Svetozár Miloslav Hurban, pen name Svetozár Hurban-Vajanský (16 January 1847 – 17 August 1916 in Martin) was a Slovak poet, lawyer and nationalist newspaper editor who was twice imprisoned. Born in Hlboké, he was the son of Jozef Milosl ...

(1847–1916)

Modernism (1905–1918)

Janko Jesenský Baron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin ( hu, Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak lower nobleman of the House of ...

(1874–1945) *

Ivan Krasko Ivan Krasko (real name Ján Botto, pseudonyms ''Bohdana J. Potokinová'', ''Ivan Krasko'', ''Janko Cigáň'', 12 July 1876 in Lukovištia (''Lukovistye'') – 3 March 1958 in Bratislava) was a Slovak poet, translator and representative of mode ...

(1876–1958)

Between the World Wars (1918–1948)

Vladimír Clementis Vladimír "Vlado" Clementis (20 September 1902 Tisovec – 3 December 1952 Prague) was a Slovak minister, politician, lawyer, publicist, literary critic, author and a prominent member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. He married Lída Pátkov ...

(1902–1952) *

Margita Figuli Margita Figuli (2 October 1909 – 27 March 1995; known after her marriage as Margita Šustrová and by the penname Ol'ga Morena) was a Slovak prose writer, translator and author of literature for children and young people. Biography Margita Fig ...

(1909–1995) * Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896–1960) * Dobroslav Chrobák (1907–1951) * Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955) * Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940) * Ľudo Ondrejov (1901–1962) * Martin Rázus (1888–1937) * Ivan Stodola (1888–1977) * František Švantner (1912–1950) *

Milo Urban Milo Urban (pseudonyms Ján Rovňan ml., Podbabjagurský) (24 August 1904 – 10 March 1982) was Slovakia, Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern Slovak literature. Urban is controversial figure because ...

(1904–1982)

Literature after World War II (1948–1964)

* Jozef Dunajovec (1933–2007) * Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008) * Katarína Lazarová (1914 –1995) *

Ladislav Mňačko Ladislav Mňačko (28 January 1919 in Valašské Klobouky – 24 February 1994 in Bratislava) was a Slovak writer and journalist. He took part in the partisan movement in Slovakia during World War II. After the war, he was at first a staunc ...

(1919–1994) * Hana Zelinová (1914–2004) *

Štefan Žáry Štefan Žáry (December 12, 1918 in Poniky – 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 ...

(1918–2007)

Contemporary literature (1964–1995)

Emil Benčík Emil Benčík (born 20 January 1933, in Zlatno) is a Slovak writer, journalist and translator. He established the feature radio documentary in Slovakia and created the first family radio series in the country called ''Čo nového, Bielikovci'', ...

(born 1933) * Ladislav Grosman (1921–1981) * Anton Hykisch (born 1932) *

Peter Jaroš Peter Jaroš (born 22 January 1940) is a Slovak people, Slovak writer. Jaroš was born in Hybe to a family of a builder. From 1957 to 1962 he studied Slovak language, Slovak and Russian language, Russian at Comenius University in Bratislava. Aft ...

(born 1940) *

Milan Lasica Milan Lasica (; 3 February 1940 – 18 July 2021) was a popular Slovak comedian, actor, singer, writer, lyricist and satirist. Active from 1961 up to his death, he was known mainly from his double act with Július Satinský and their collaborat ...

(born 1940) *

Hana Ponická Hana Ponická (July 15, 1922 Halič, Czechoslovakia – August 21, 2007 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia) was a Slovak writer and former anti-Communist dissident. She opposed the Communist government of the former Czechoslovakia. Ponická signed the C ...

(1922–2007) *

Miriam Roth Miriam Roth (Hebrew: מרים רות; January 16, 1910 – November 13, 2005) was a preeminent pioneer of Israeli preschool education, author and scholar of children's literature, with a long career as a kindergarten teacher and educator. Many of ...

(1910–2005) * Július Satinský (1941–2002) *

Dušan Slobodník Dušan Slobodník (11 April 1927, Pezinok - 13 December 2001, Bratislava) was a Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician. Early life He attended the elementary school and high school in Zvolen. In February and March 1945 (at the ...

(1927–2001) * Ladislav Švihran (1931–2022) * Vojtech Zamarovský (1919–2006) * Zuzka Zguriška (1900–1984)

Contemporary literature (since 1995)

Radovan Brenkus Radovan Brenkus (born 30 January 1974, Bardejov) is a Slovak writer, translator and critic. Biography The author finished the study at Science faculty of P. J. Šafárik University, in mathematics and physics. He worked as a teacher in Koši ...

(born 1974) * Juraj Červenák (born 1974) * Dušan Fabian (born 1975) *

Michal Hvorecký Michal Hvorecky (born 29 December 1976) is a Slovak author. He is the author of two collections of short stories: '' Strong sense of Cleanliness'' (1998) and '' Hunters & Gatherers'' (2001). His novel '' The Final Hit'' appeared in 2003, ''Plush ...

(born 1976) *

Jozef Karika Jozef Karika (born November 15, 1978, in Brezno) is a Slovak experimental publicist and writer. He studied history and philosophy at Matej Bel's University in Banská Bystrica. He is the author of the bestseller ''In the shadow of Mafia''. He was ...

(born 1978) *

Ľuba Lesná Ľuba Lesná (born 21 March 1954) is a contemporary Slovak investigative journalist, filmmaker, novelist, and playwright. While her earlier work focused on plays, since Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution she has worked primarily as a journalist, w ...

(born 1954) * Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947) *

Peter Pišťanek Peter Pišťanek (28 April 1960 – 22 March 2015) was a Slovak writer. He began publishing short stories in the 1980s, and his first novel, ''Rivers of Babylon'', came out in 1991. This was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998 by Vladi ...

(1960–2015) *

Radoslav Rochallyi Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1 May 1980), Bardejov , Czechoslovakia is a Slovak philosopher, writer and poet living in the Czech Republic. Biography Rochallyi was born in Bardejov, located in the Prešov region of what is today the Slovak Rep ...

(born 1980) * Miroslav Šustek (born 1947)