Milo Urban (pseudonyms Ján Rovňan ml., Podbabjagurský) (24 August 1904 – 10 March 1982) was
Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern
Slovak literature
Slovak literature is the literature of Slovakia.
History
Middle Ages
The first monuments of literature from territory now included in present-day Slovakia are from the time of Great Moravia (from 863 to the early 10th century). Authors from this ...
. Urban is controversial figure because he served as an editor-in-chief of an official propagandist magazine of the
Hlinka Guard ''Gardista'' in the era of the
clerofascist ''
Slovak State'' and was found guilty for collaboration by the court in 1948.
Works
Stories, novellas, novels
* 1920 - ''Ej, ten tanec'', story (published in magazine
Vatra)
* ''Nešťastník''
* ''Už je pozde''
* ''V zhone žitia''
* ''Vanitas vanitatum''
* ''Typograf''
* 1922 - ''Jašek Kutliak spod Bačinky'' (Jašek Kutliak from Under Bučinka), novella
* 1926 - ''
Za vyšným mlynom'' (Beyond the Upper Mill), this work was used as a model to
Eugen Suchoň
Eugen Suchoň (September 25, 1908 – August 5, 1993) was one of the most important Slovak composers of the 20th century.
Early life
Eugen Suchoň was born on September 25, 1908 in Pezinok, (Slovakia). His father, Ladislav Suchoň, was an ...
's opera
Krútňava '' Krútňava'' (abroad staged as The Whirlpool or Katrena after the main female role) is an opera in six scenes by Eugen Suchoň written in the 1940s to a libretto by the composer and Štefan Hoza, based on a novella, '' Za vyšným mlynom (Beyond ...
* 1928 - ''Výkriky bez ozveny'' (Calls Without Echo), collection of novellas
** ''V súmraku''
** ''Štefan Koňarčík-Chrapek a Pán Boh''
** ''Rozprávka o Labudovi''
** ''Mičinova kobyla''
** ''Tajomstvo Pavla Hrona''
** ''Svedomie a Staroba''
* 1932 - ''Z tichého frontu'' (From the Silent Front), collection of novellas
** ''Skok do priepasti''
** ''Nie! ''
** ''Roztopené srdce''
** ''Pred dražbou''
** ''Drevený chlieb''
** ''Človek, ktorý hľadá šťastie''
* 1927 - ''
Živý bič'' (The Living Whip), novel (1st part of the trilogy)
* 1930 - ''Hmly na úsvite'' (Fog at Dawn), free continuation of ''Živý bič'' (2nd part of the pentalogy)
* 1940 - ''V osídlach'' (In the Snares), free continuation of ''Živý bič'' (3rd part of the pentalogy)
* 1943 - ''Novely'' (Novellas)
* 1957 - ''Zhasnuté svetlá'' (Lights Doused), free continuation of ''Živý bič'' (4th part of the pentalogy)
* 1964 - ''Kto seje vietor'' (Who Sows the Wind), free continuation of ''Živý bič'' (5th part of the pentalogy)
* 1996 - ''Železom po železe''
Essays
* 1970 - ''Zelená krv: Spomienky hájnikovho syna'' (Green Blood: Memories of the gamekeeper's son)
* 1992 - ''Kade-tade po Halinde''
* 1994 - ''Na brehu krvavej rieky''
* 1995 - ''Sloboda nie je špás''
Other works
* 1920 / 1921 - ''Zavrhnutý'', poem (published in magazine Vatra)
* 1925 - ''Otroci predsudkov'', play (only preview, which was published in magazine
Slovenský národ)
* 1934 - ''Česká literatúra a Slováci'', lecture
* 1991 - ''Beta, kde si? '', play (only year of inscenation, not published)
Translations
* 1951 - selection from Russian tales
* 1954 -
Igor Newerly
Igor Newerly or Igor Abramow-Newerly (24 March 1903, Białowieża – 19 October 1987, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish novelist and educator. He was born into a Czech-Russian family. His son is Polish novelist Jarosław Abramow-Newerly. His gran ...
: ''Pamiątka z Celulozy''
* 1959 -
Aleksander Fredro: ''Pan Geldhab'' (Mr. Geldhab)
* 1960 -
Karel Čapek and
Josef Čapek: ''Zo života hmyzu'' (
Pictures from the Insects' Life)
* 1961 -
Karel Čapek: ''Matka'' (The Mother)
External links
Biography
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1904 births
1982 deaths
Slovak journalists
Slovak translators
Slovak writers
20th-century translators
People from Námestovo District
20th-century journalists