Ivan Štrpka

12. 10. 2019

(Slovakia)

Ivan Štrpka was born in 1944 in Hlohovec. He worked as an editor in literature magazines (Kultúrny život, Mladá tvorba) and publishing houses (Slovenský spisovateľ, Tatran) as well as a programmer in Slovak Television. From 1999 until 2010 he worked as an editor in chief of Romboid magazine. He published numerous well-received poetry collections as well as other books, and is considered one the most important and most widely translated Slovak contemporary writers.