Miroslav Válek

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

Biography

Miroslav Válek was born in Trnava and from 1947 to 1949 he studied at Vysoká škola obchodná in Bratislava. During the years 1949–1963 he worked as an editor for magazines (Slovenský roľník, Týždeň, Družstevný obzor), finally becoming 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 also the secretary of Zväz slovenských spisovateľov, later (1967–1968) serving as 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 the effects Normalization had on Slovak culture. He had already left political life on his own when the November change 1989 (Velvet Revolution) came.

He died in Bratislava.

Works

Books of poetry

1959 - Dotyky (Touches)
1961 - Príťažlivosť (Attraction)
1963 - Nepokoj (Unrest)
1965 - Milovanie v husej koži (Lovemaking in Goose Skin)
1973 - Súvislosti (Contexts)
1976 - Slovo (Word)
1977 - Z vody (From Water)
1977 - Zakázaná láska (Forbbiden Love)
1983 - Básne (Verses) (collected edition)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 71518110 LCCN: n81139717 ISNI: 0000 0001 0914 2249 GND: 119295474 SUDOC: 069667802 BNF: cb12780521n NKC: jn19990209975

Persondata
Name	Valek, Miroslav
Alternative names
Short description	Slovak poet
Date of birth	July 17, 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	January 27, 1991
Place of death

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