Pavol Hudák (7 October 1959 in

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– 18 January 2011 in

Poprad Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the ten ...

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) was a Slovak poet, journalist and publicist.

Biography

He grew up and studied grammar school in Vyšný Žipov. After high school in the

Vranov nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou ( Slovak before 1927 and from 1944–1969: ''Vranov''; german: Frö(h)nel / ''Vronau an der Töpl'' (rare); hu, Varannó; rue, Воронів над Топлёв) is a city of approximately 22,500 inhabitants in eastern Sl ...

(1975–1979) he studied at the Pedagogical Faculty,

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Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...

(1979–1983). During each year of study, he was rewarded by various prizes at events as ''Akademický Prešov'', ''Wolkrová Polianka'' or other competitions. His first poems were published in periodicals ''New Word for Young'', ''Dotyky'', ''Kultúrny Život'' and others. Between 1983 and 1992 he worked as a teacher in a grammar school, between 1992 and 1995 he worked as local newspaper journalist in Poprad and

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area, since 1995 as journalist in Nový Čas, Korzár, Pravda, Žurnál or Farmár. Pavol Hudák is one of the most established Slovak authors. Sensitive and remarkable poet with true testimony. Author of various radio auditions and music songs. Laureate of many literary awards.

Works

In 1992 he released his debut collection of poetry ''Peachy twilight'', which is devoted to the themes of family roots in Zemplin area and individual – collective past. Book published in Levoca by the Vydavatelstvo Modrý Peter was rewarded by the ''

Janko Kráľ Janko Kráľ ( hu, Král János; 24 April 1822 in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš (now Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia) – 23 May 1876 in Zlaté Moravce) was one of the most significant and most radical Slovak romantic poets of the Ľudovít Š ...

award'' and Slovak Literature

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 ...

''award'' for the best debut of the year. For his second collection, called ''New Year's Eve 1999'' he received the ''VUB award'' in 1994 for the best collection of poems for adults. In 1999 he published his third collection, ''Solar Eclipse''. On the basis of previous selection he released poetic opus called ''Rope in the hangman's house and other poems'' (2003), decorated with drawings of the painter Peter Kocák from

. His poems have been translated into Hungarian, Polish and French. He taught students at Warsaw University. The poem called Christ comes to Sarajevo was used by the well known composer Ivan Hrušovský in Requiem at the end of Millennium. It was presented at the Music Festival in Bratislava, in 1999. * 1992 ''Peachy twilight'' * 1994 ''New Year's Eve 1999'' * 1999 ''Solar Eclipse'' * 2003 ''Rope in the hangman's house''

Bibliography

External links

Pavol Hudák a jeho básne

Pavol Hudák – Poet
* 1959 births Slovak poets People from Vranov nad Topľou 2011 deaths 20th-century poets {{Slovakia-writer-stub