Sixteen years have lapsed since the death of Miroslav Válek. This poet was among the first who had crossed the Rubicon of schematic writing, and started writing…
The poetry of Miroslav Válek is not difficult to assess, identify with, accept with reservations or, for any reason, to refuse. For what Válek did in poetry can…
THE DOOMED GROUP OF TRNAVA The Doomed Group of Trnava – this is the title I gave to my book on the Trnava group to be published this year, borrowing, to some…
Shkorec, the city notary, was on the verge of despair. His lean and tortured face was nothing but an accordion-like patch of furrows and wrinkles hanging from his…
Let’s call him Dušan. Or Jonáš. His mum used to call him Duško, his father Dušan. Surname: Jonáš. After his father. The son is the bearer of the father’s…