Anton Hykisch foto 2

Anton Hykisch

23. 2. 1932
Banská Štiavnica
Pseudonym:
A. Horník; Ahy; Peter Arnošt
Genre:
essay, ya and children's books, literature, nonfiction, radio production, screenwriting, general fiction, theatre & drama & film, translation activity

Complete list of works

prose:
A Dream Pulls into the Station (Sen vchádza do stanice, 1961, novella), I`ve Met You (Stretol som ťa, 1963, short stories), A Step into the Unknown (Krok do neznáma, 1963, novel), Nadia (Naďa, 1964, novella), A Square in Mähring (Námestie v Mähringu, 1965, novel), The Time of the Masters (Čas majstrov, 1977, novel), Relationships (Vzťahy, 1978, novel), Well Hidden Brain (Dobre utajený mozog, 1979, short stories), Desire (Túžba, 1980, novella), Adore the Queen (Milujte kráľovnú, 1984, novel), Nuclear Summer (Atómové leto, 1986, novel), Defence of Secrets (Obrana tajomstiev, 1990, short stories), Maria Theresa (Mária Terézia, 1999), Alone in Foreign Towns (Sám v cudzích mestách, 2006), Remember the Tsar (Spomeň si na cára, 2007), Pleasures of Yesteryear (Rozkoše dávnych čias, 2009) 

travel books, essays:
Canada Is not a Joke (Kanada nie je "kanada", 1968), Heavenly Steering Wheels (Volanty do nebies, 1975, portraits of racing car drivers), A Holiday in Beijing (Dovolenka v Pekingu, 1990), Don`t Be Afraid of the World /A Guide Book through Global Thinking (Nebojme sa sveta /Sprievodca globálnym myslením/, 2001), What I Think About It (Čo si o tom myslím, 2003), What the politics is like. The Recollections and Records from 1990 - 1992 (Ako chutí politika. Spomienky a záznamy z rokov 1990 – 1992, 2004) What I Think About It (Čo si o tom myslím, 2003).

books for children:

The Future Is Already Now (Budúcnosť je už dnes, 1987, non-fiction), My Friend Čipko (Kamarát Čipko, 1989)

radio plays:
Breaking (Praskanie, 1966), Conception (Počatie, 1969)

film script:
They Don`t Play the Blues for Me (Pre mňa nehrá blues, 1965)

WORKS TRANSLATED
Translations of Hykisch`s works appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies abroad.
Nadia (1964 Czech) A Square in Mähring (1967 Czech, 1967 Hungarian)
Relationships (1981 German) Adore the Queen (1985, 1986 Czech, 1988, 2000 German, 1989 Serbo-Croat, 1991 Romanian)
The Time of the Masters (1981 Hungarian, 1989 Russian)