Vincent Šikula foto 1

Vincent Šikula

19. 10. 1936
Dubová
—  16. 6. 2001
Modra
Genre:
children's and ya books (religious), editorial activities, general fiction, journalism, literature, other, poetry, screenwriting, ya and children's books

Complete list of works

prose:

No Applause at Concerts (Na koncertoch sa netlieska, 1964, short stories)

Perhaps I'll Build Myself a Bungalow (Možno si postavím bungalov, 1964, short stories)

With Rosarka (S Rozarkou, 1966, novella)

The Breeze (Povetrie, 1968, short stories)

 the trilogy of novels Masters (Masters, Majstri, 1976; Geranium, Muškát, 1977; Vilma, 1979)

Oriole (Vlha, 1978, novella)

Hazelnuts (Liesky, 1980, novella)

The Soldier (Vojak, 1981, novella)

Matthew (Matej, 1981, novela)

Nocturnes (Nokturná, 1983)

Heroic Studies of a Horse (Heroické etudy pre koňa, 1987)

A Shepherd's Knapsack (Pastierska kapsička, 1990, short stories)

Ornament (Ornament, 1991, novel)

Quick Minuet (Pôstny menuet, 1995, novel)

The Weathercock (Veterná ružica, 1995, novel)

Angel Gabriela - novel (Anjel Gabriela, novela, 2000)

Strike the Shepperd (Udri pastiera, 2001)

The Blessed Baton (Požehnaná aktovka, 2004)

Ornament and Other Prose Works (Ornament a iné prózy - výber, 2007)

Poste restante (Poste restante, 2007)

 

poetry:
From the House on the Hill (Z domu na kopci, 1983)

From a Neglected Garden (Zo zanedbanej záhrady, 1993)

September the Drummer (Bubeník september, 1998)

Over the Leave of Lilac (Za odchodom orgovánu, 2003) 

 

children's books:
Mr Gamekeeper Has a Feather in his Hat (Pán horár má za klobúkom mydleničku, 1965)

Holidays with Uncle Rafael (Prázdniny so strýcom Rafaelom, 1996)

Father Will Spank Me Anyway (Otec ma zderie tak či tak, 1980)

Duro, Regards to Duro (Ďuro, pozdrav Ďura, 1978)

The Little Egg of a Lilliputian Hen (Vajíčko sliepky liliputánky, 1981)

About the Clever Rooster (O múdrom kohútikovi, 1984)

Tales and Tellings (Rozprávky a rozprávania, 1996)

Medard´s Fairy Tales (Medardove rozprávky, 1997)

Vladko and the Dog (Vladko a pes, 2000)

Vinny (Vincúrko, 2001)

 

film script:
Father Will Spank Me Anyway (Otec ma zderie tak či tak, 1980)

 

works translated:
Šikula's works (mainly short stories and novellas) were translated into a dozen of languages and published in literary magazines and anthologies in Poland, Russia, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, etc.
Holidays with Uncle Rafael (1966 Polish, 1968 Bulgarian, 1968 Hungarian, 1981, 1990 Macedonian)
Mandula (1973 German)
Masters (1977, 1983 Polish, 1979 Slovenian, 1980 Croatian, 1981 Russian, 1983 Romanian, 1986 Bulgarian)
Geranium (1980 Polish, 1982 Russian, 1983 Ukrainian)
Quick Minuet (1999 Bulgarian)
The Weathercock (2000 Hungarian)

Ornament (Ornament, 2004, Bulgarian)

Over the Leave of Lilac (Za odchodom orgovánu, 2005, Macedonian)