Štefan Žáry (12 December 1918 in Poniky – 25 August 2007 in

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) 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 expressed his disappointment of a civilization progress. He translated mainly

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. His works were initially related with

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, later he referred to folk and classical traditions. Notable works include collection of poems ''Srdcia na mozaike'' (1938), ''Meč a vavrin'' (1948), ''Smaragdové rúno'' (1977), ''Malá letná suita v štyroch vetách'' (1995), parodies of Slovak folk songs ''Satironikon'' (1990), novel ''Ktorýsi deň z konca leta'' (1998).

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