Slovak Literature in English Translation

One Hundred Years
of Slovak Literature:
An Antology

edited by Stanislava Chrobáková
translated by
Marián Andričík, Vladimír Gális, Marína Gálisová, Pavol Lukáč, Martin Solotruk, Viera and James Sutherland-Smith, Ľuben Urbánek
The Union of Slovenian Writers
The Association of Organisations
of Slovak Writers, Bratislava, Slovakia
2000
303 pages, paperback
ISBN 80-88782-05-8

The most comprehensive anthology of Slovak literature to date, presenting 62 writers of poetry and prose, spanning a hundred years, from Ivan Krasko (born 1876) to Peter Macsovszky (born 1966). Edited by Stanislava Chrobáková with a team of literature scholars from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, published in two versions: Slovene and English. The English translations are by Marián Andričík, Vladimir Gális, Marína Gálisová, Pavol Lukáč, Martin Solotruk, James and Viera Sutherland-Smith, and Ľuben Urbánek, and the edition has a general introduction by Peter Zajac. Each extract is preceded by basic biographical data of the writer and a brief characteristic of their work, written by Stanislava Chrobáková, Eva Jenčíková, Dana Kršáková, Fedor Matejov, Valér Mikula, Jelena Paštéková, and Zora Prušková.

Featured Authors

Ivan Krasko – Milo Urban – Ján Smrek – Ivan Horváth – Maša Haľamová – Valentín Beniak – Jozef Cíger Hronský – Ladislav Novomeský – Janko Silan – Dobroslav Chrobák – František Švantner – Rudolf Fabry – Štefan Žáry – Ján Červeň – Ján Kostra – Dominik Tatarka – Leopold Lahola – Vojtech Mihálik – Alfonz Bednár – Milan Rúfus – Miroslav Válek – Rudolf Jašík – Ladislav Mňačko – Ivan Kupec – Ladislav Ťažký – Klára Jarunková – Jozef Mihalkovič – Ľubomír Feldek – Ján Stacho – Ján Johanides – Ján Ondruš – Jaroslava Blažková – Štefan Strážay – Vincent Šikula – Lýdia Vadkerti-Gavorníková – Rudolf Sloboda – Ján Buzássy – Dušan Kužel – Ivan Laučík – Pavel Hrúz – Ivan Štrpka – Alta Vášová – Pavel Vilikovský – Ivan Kadlečík – Peter Jaroš – Mila Haugová – Ladislav Ballek – Dušan Mitana – Štefan Moravčík – Dušan Dušek – Daniel Hevier – Martin M. Šimečka – Erik Groch – Karol Chmel – Peter Pišťanek – Taťjana Lehenová – Ivan Kolenič – Jana Juráňová – Viliam Klimáček – Jozef Urban – Balla – Peter Macsovszky