Martin Milan Šimečka (born 3 November 1957) is a Slovak journalist and writer.
Life and career
Martin Milan Šimečka is the son of , a prominent
Czech
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dissident during the Communist regime. He received technical training at the
Slovnaft
Slovnaft is an oil refining company in Slovakia
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plant in
Bratislava, then held a series of odd jobs. Until 1989, all of his works were published and distributed as
samizdat
Samizdat (russian: самиздат, lit=self-publishing, links=no) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the document ...
.
In 1990 he founded the independent publishing house Archa, where he worked as chief editor until 1996. From 1997-1999 he worked as chief editor of , a Slovak weekly publication. From 1997-2006, he was the editor-in-chief of
SME, Slovakia's leading daily newspaper. From 2006 until 2008, he was editor-in-chief of the magazine
Respekt
''Respekt'' is a Czech weekly newsmagazine published in Prague, the Czech Republic, reporting on domestic and foreign political and economic issues, as well as on science and culture.
History and profile
''Respekt'' was founded very soon a ...
, where he served as editor and contributor. Since 2016, he has been an editor at
Denník N
Denník N is a Slovak daily newspaper and a news website which was founded by the former members of the editorial board of SME in 2014.
History
In 2014, the Namav, a subject subvenced by the Penta Investments group, announced the purchase of ...
, a newspaper and internet service.
He received the
Jiří Orten Award The Jiří Orten Award is a Czech literary prize given to the author of a work of prose or poetry who is no older than 30 at the time of the work's completion. The award is named after Czech poet Jiří Orten. The winner is awarded a prize of 50,00 ...
in 1988 for his autobiographical novel Žabí rok. The Jiří Orten Award is awarded to a work of prose or poetry whose author is no older than 30 at the time of the work's completion. In 2018, he was awarded the
Ľudovít Štúr Order I. class.
Awards
* 1988
Jiří Orten Award The Jiří Orten Award is a Czech literary prize given to the author of a work of prose or poetry who is no older than 30 at the time of the work's completion. The award is named after Czech poet Jiří Orten. The winner is awarded a prize of 50,00 ...
* 2018
Ľudovít Štúr Order I. class
Bibliography
* ''Žabí rok'', 1985. In English translation: ''Year of the Frog''. Touchstone Books, 1996. ; .
* ''Džin''. Archa, 1990.
* ''Záujem''. Torst, 1997.
* ''Hľadanie obáv''. Kalligram, 1998.
* ''Medzi Slovákmi''. N Press, 2017.
* ''Světelná znamení''. Salon, 2018.
* ''Telesná výchova''. N Press, 2020.
* ''Všetko malo byť inak: Slovensko po roku 1945''. Centrum environmentálnej a etickej výchovy ŽIVICA, 2020.
* ''Príhody tuláka po Slovensku''. N Press, 2022.
References
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Living people
1957 births
Slovak writers