Dobroslav Chrobák (16 February 1907,

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– 16 May 1951,

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) was a Slovak writer.

Life

He was born in

as the second of four kids to a family of dressmakers. He studied at school in

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and

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, and later at a technical high school in

. He completed his studies in 1934 at

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in Prague. After that, he returned to Bratislava to work as a lecturer. Later, he worked as an editor of radio journalism at Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava, and the last five years as the regional managing director for

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. He died of a cancerous tumour in Bratislava and is buried in Hybe.

Selected works

* 1924 – ''Les'', story * 1925 – ''Náraz priam centrický'', story * 1931 – ''Dva kamenné dni'', novel * 1937 – ''Kamarát Jašek'', collection of novels and stories * 1943 – ''

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'' (Dragon's Return), fiction

References

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* 1907 births 1951 deaths Czechoslovak writers Slovak writers Slovak translators Czech Technical University in Prague alumni People from Liptovský Mikuláš District {{slovakia-writer-stub Slovak male writers Communist Party of Czechoslovakia members