Etela Farkašová (; born 5 October 1943) is a Slovak writer and philosopher.

Biography

Etela Farkašová was born on 5 October 1943 in

Levoča Levoča (; ; ) is the principal town of Levoča District in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia, with a population of 14,256. The town has a historic center with a well-preserved town wall, a Gothic architecture, Gothic church with the talle ...

. She studied Mathematics and Physics at the

University of Trnava The University of Trnava (in Trnava) () is based in Trnava, in western Slovakia. The university's presence in the town has historical antecedents as the University of Nagyszombat was operating there throughout the 17th and 18th century (present d ...

. Following her graduation, she worked as a high school teacher. At the same time, she studied Philosophy and Sociology at the

Comenius University Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

, graduating in 1972. Since then, she has lectured at the Department of Philosophy of the Comenius University. She retired in 2010, but as of 2023 she is still active as an

Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

Professor of Philosophy as well as a researcher of the Center for Gender Studies at the university. She occasionally translates from German and English. As a philosopher, Farkašová is interested in

epistemology Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called "the theory of knowledge", it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowle ...

, in particular the relationship between philosophy and science as well as philosophy and art. From 1990s, she has developed interest in

Feminist philosophy Feminist philosophy is an approach to philosophy from a feminist perspective and also the employment of philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions. Feminist philosophy involves both reinterpreting philosophical texts and methods in ...

. She is a member of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), the Slovak branch of

PEN club PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. The association has autonomous Internati ...

, Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband and a co-founder of the Slovak female writer club FEMINA.

Achievements

Etela Farkašová debuted as a fiction writer in 1978 with a collection of short stories ''Reproduction of time'' (Reprodukcia času), which won the Ivan Krasko Award. She cooperated extensively with Austrian writers and was awarded a medal for developing cultural cooperation between Slovakia and Austria by the Austrian president in 2004. In 2018 she was awarded the Anasoft Litera prize for her book ''Script'' (Scenár), which discusses the possibility of living slowly in fast times. In 2018, she was additionally awarded the Crystal Wing Award in the Literature category. As of 2023, she published 14 fiction books.

References

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