Slovak Literature in English Translation

John Minahane was born in Ireland and has lived and worked in Slovakia since 1996, working as an English language teacher while pursuing his own literary and translation projects. He soon developed a love for the Slovak language and literature. Since 2004, he translated works of many notable Slovak writers and poets, from classics, key 20th century authors and many contemporary writers and poets.  Over the course of his distinguished career, he has written extensively on literature in the Irish language while also translating the works of other authors into English.  He has brought the best of Slovak literature to the attention of the wider world, an achievement for which he was decorated in 2022 with the Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Award.