A Brief History of Slovak Literature

by Piero Scaruffi (E-mail)
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Josef-Ignac Bajza (1754): "Rene Mladenca Prihody a Skusenosti/ The Adventures and Experiences of the Young Man Rene'" (1785)
Jan Holly (1785): "Svatopluk" (1833) [p]
Jan Holly (1785): "Cyrilo-Metodiada" (1835) [p]
Jan Holly (1785): "Slav" (1839) [p]
Jan Chalupka (1791): "Kocurkovo" (1830) [t]
Jan Kollar (1793): "Slavy Dcera/ Daughter of Slavia" (1824) [p]
Samo Chalupka (1812): "Mor Ho" (1864) [p]
Jozef-Miloslav Hurban (1817): "Od Silvestra do Troch Kralov/ From New Years Eve to Epiphany" (1847)
Andrej Sladkovic (1820): "Marina" (1845) [p]
Andrej Sladkovic (1820): "Detvan" (1853) [p]
Janko Kral (1822): "Balady a Piesne" (1876) [p]
Jan Kalinciak (1822): "Restavracia/ Country Elections" (1860)
Viliam Pauliny-Toth (1826): "Stare a Nove Piesne" (1863) [p]
Jan Botto (1829): "Smrt Janosikova" (1862) [p]
Svetozar Hurban-Vajansky (1847): "Letiace Tiene/ Flying Shadows" (1883)
Svetozar Hurban-Vajansky (1847): "Sucha Ratolest/ Dry Branch" (1884)
Svetozar Hurban-Vajansky (1847): "Tatry a More/ The Tatras and the Sea" (1879) [p]
Pavol Orszagh-Hviezdoslav (1849): "Hajnikova Zena/ The Gamekeeper's Wife" (1886) [p]
Pavol Orszagh-Hviezdoslav (1849): "Krvave Sonety/ Sonnets of Blood" (1914) [p]
Martin Kukucin (1860): "Dom v Strani/ House on the Hillside" (1904)
Elena Marothy-Soltesova (1855): "Proti Prudu/ Controcorrente" (1893)
Ferko Urbanek (1859): "Stridza Zpod Haja" (18##) [t]
Bozena Slancikova "Timrava" (1867): "Skusenost" (1902)
Ladislav Nadasi "Jege" (1866): "Adam Sangala" (1923)
Janko Jesenky (1874): "Demokrati/ The Democrats" (1937)
Josef Gregor-Tajovsky (1874) : "Tma" (1912) [t]
Jan Botto "Ivan Krasko" (1876): "Nox et Solitudo" (1909) [p]
Jan Botto "Ivan Krasko" (1876): "Verse/ Verses" (1912) [p]
Vladimir Hurban (1884): "Zem/ Earth" (1931) [t]
Martin Razus (1888): "Stretnutie/ Meeting" (1937) [p]
Ivan Stodola (1888): "Komedia" (1944) [t]
Jan Hrusovsky (1892): "Pompiliova Madona/ Pompilius's Madonna" (1923)
Valentin Beniak (1894): "Zofia/ Sophia" (1941) [p]
Valentin Beniak (1894): "Popolec/ Ash Wednesday" (1942) [p]
Jozef Ciger-Hronsky (1896): "Jozef Mak" (1933)
Jan Smrek (1898): "Cvalajuce Dni/ Galloping Days" (1925) [p]
Jan Smrek (1898): "Basnik a Zena/ Poet and Woman" (1934) [p]
Emil-Boleslav Lukac (1900): "Dunaj a Seina/ The Danube and the Seine" (1925) [p]
Emil-Boleslav Lukac (1900): "O Laske Nelaskavej/ Of Love Unloving" (1928) [p]
Gejza Vamos (1901): "Atomy Boha/ Atoms of God" (1928)
Jan Ponican (1902): "Som" (1923) [p]
Frano Kral (1903): Cesta Zarubana/ Cut Road" (1934)
Milo Urban (1904): "Zivy Bic/ The Living Whip" (1927)
Ladislav Novomesky (1904): "Nedela/ Sunday" (1927) [p]
Rudolf Dilong (1905): "Ja Svaty Frantisek" (1939) [p]
Frantisek Hecko (1905): "Cervene Vino/ Red Wine" (1948)
Dobroslav Chrobak (1907): "Drak sa Vracia/ Dragon Returns" (1943)
Masa Halamova (1908): "Dar/ Gift" (1928) [p]
Margita Figuli (1909): "Tri Gastanove Kone/ Three Chestnut Horses" (1940) +
Margita Figuli (1909): "Babylon" (1946)
Julius Barc-Ivan (1909): "Neznamy" (1944) [t]
Jan Kostra (1910): "Ave Eva" (1943) [p]
Frantisek Svantner (1912): "Malka" (1942) [p]
Frantisek Svantner (1912): "Nevesta Hol/ Upland Bride" (1946)
Frantisek Subik "Andrej Zarnov" (1903): "Mrtvy/ Dead" (1942) [p]
Rudolf Fabry (1915): "Utate Ruky/ Severed Arms" (1935) [p]
Rudolf Fabry (1915): "Ja Je Niekto Iny/ I Is Someone Else" (1946) [p]
Ladislav Mnacko (1919): "Ako Chuti Moc/ The Taste of Power" (1967)
Dominik Tatarka (1913): "Demon Suhlasu/ The Demon of Conformity" (1956)
Alfonz Bednar (1914): "Skleny Vrch/ Glass Peak" (1954)
Alfonz Bednar (1914): "Hodiny a Minuty/ The Hours and Minutes" (1956)
Jan Brezina (1917): "Nikdy sa Nestretneme/ We'll Never Meet" (1942) [p]
Stefan Zary (1918): "Zvieratnik/ Zodiac" (1941) [p]
Rudolf Jasik (1919): "Namestie Svatej Alzbety/ St Elizabeth's Square" (1958)
Vladimir Reisel (1919): "Zrkadlo a za Zrkadlom" (1946) [p]
Klara Jarunkova (1922): "Il Vento sull'Erba Nuova" (1975)
Miroslav Valek (1927): "Slovo" (1976) [p]
Milan Rufus (1928): "Modlitbicky/ Little Prayers" (1992) [p] +
Jan Johanides (1934): "Marek Koniar a Uhorsky Papez/ Marek Master of Horse and the Hungarian Pope" (1983) +
Vincent Sikula (1936): "Majstri/ The Master Carpenters" (1979) +
Rudolf Sloboda (1938): "Britva" (1967) +
Rudolf Sloboda (1938): "Rozum" (1982)
Rudolf Sloboda (1938): "Jesen" (1994)
Marian Kovacik (1940): "Vodoznak" (1969) [p]
Ladislav Ballek (1941): "Pomocnik/ The Assistant" (1977)
Ladislav Ballek (1941): "Agaty/ Acacias" (1981)
Ladislav Ballek (1941): "Lesne Divadlo/ Forest Theatre" (1987)
Pavel Vilikovsky (1941): "Prva Veta Spanku" (1983)
Pavel Vilikovsky (1941): "Vecne je Zeleny/ Ever Green Is" (1989) +
Mila Haugova (1942): "Ciste Dni" (1990) [p]
Mila Haugova (1942): "Premenlivy Povrch" (1983) [p]
Mila Haugova (1942): "Genotexts" (2001) [p]
Dusan Mitana (1946): "Koniec Hry/ End of Game" (1984)
Lajos Grendel (1948): "Ostra Strelba" (1981)
Lajos Grendel (1948): "Einsteinove Zvony" (1992)
Martin Simecka (1957): "Dzin/ Year of the Frog" (1985)
Peter Pistanek (1960): "Rivers of Babylon" (1991)


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