Peter Milčák

Peter Milčák (*1966) has published the poetry collections Záprah pred zimou (1989), Prípravná čiara 57/Preparation Line 57 (2005), Brum (2012), the literary monograph Postava a jej kompetencie v rozprávkovom texte (2006) and the book of essays Mŕtve kvety medzi živými (2017). He has compiled several anthologies of contemporary Slovak poetry, which have been translated into foreign languages. He translates from Polish (Z. Herbert, Cz. Miłosz, H. Poświatowska, B. Zadura, M. Świetlicki, W. Bonowicz, J. Bargielska) and English (K. Patchen, A. Nowlan). Since 1991, he has been running the Modrý Peter publishing house, which focuses mainly on publishing original and translated poetry and prose, as well as literary studies. He has been nominated for the Zlatá vlna 2025 award for his collection Podoby milosti / Forms of Grace (Modrý Peter, 2024).