Miroslav Válek

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Miroslav Válek (July 17, 1927 – January 27, 1991) was a legendary Slovak poet, publicist and politician. He was also the Minister of Culture in the government of Slovak Socialistic Republic within the Czechoslovakia Socialistic Republic.

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Miroslav Válek was born in Trnava and from 1947 to 1949 he was studied at Vysoká škola obchodná in Bratislava. During the years 1949–1963 he worked as an editor for few magazines (Slovenský roľník, Týždeň, Družstevný obzor) and finally became general editor of Mladá tvorba.

In 1962 he joined the Communist party of Czechoslovakia. In the years 1966–1967 he was general editor of the magazine Romboid and was a secretary in Zväz slovenských spisovateľov; later 1967–1968 was also its president. Válek was politically active and occupied some high positions in Communist party. In years 1969–1988 Válek was Minister of Culture. It is said he was trying to soften normalisation effect in Slovak culture. He has left political life by himself before the November change 1989.

He died in Bratislava.