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Milan Rúfus

10. 12. 1928
Závažná Poruba
—  11. 1. 2009
Bratislava
Genre:
essay, literary science, poetry, ya and children's books

Curriculum vitae

Milan Rúfus was born on December 10th 1928 in Závažná Poruba. Between 1948 and 1952, he studied Slovak and history at the Comenius University in Bratislava. After he graduated in 1952, he remained at the university and taught Czech literature of the 19th and 20th centuries until his retirement. From 1971 to 1972 he taught Slovak language and literature at the University of Naples in Italy. Rúfus died on January 11th 2009 in Bratislava.