Hana Zelinová (20 July 1914 in
Vrútky
Vrútky (; (rare); ) is a town in northern Slovakia, close to the city of Martin, Slovakia, Martin. It lies in the historic Turiec region.
Geography
The town lies at the confluence of Váh and the Turiec River (Váh), Turiec, in the Turčianska ...
– 16 March 2004 in
Bratislava
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) was a
Slovak prose writer and dramatist. She wrote several novels influenced by the Slovak
social novel
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
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and the Scandinavian saga. ''Zrkadlový most'', her first collection of short stories, was published in 1941. Zelinová penned three
Ibsenesque plays in the 1940s that dealt with the role of women in urban society.
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Works
* ''Zrkadlový most'' (''The Bridge of Mirrors'') (1941)
* ''Angel's Earth'' (1946)
* ''Diablov čardáš'' (''The Devil's Csardas'') (1958)
* ''Elizabeth's Court'' (1971)
* ''The Call of Wind'' (1974)
* ''The Flower of Fright'' (1977)
References
Further reading
*Buck, Claire (ed.) (1992). ''The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature''. NY: Prentice Hall.
External links
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Slovak novelists
1914 births
2004 deaths
20th-century Slovak women writers
20th-century Slovak writers
Slovak women novelists
Women short story writers
People from Vrútky
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