Ľubomír Feldek

Lubomir Feldek ( born October 9, 1936 in Žilina, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak concrete poet, writer, playwright and translator.

Life

Lubomir Feldek came in a family of civil servants to the world and went to Senica and Žilina to school before he graduated in 1954. He then studied Slovak language and literature at the Pedagogical University in Bratislava. During his studies he also began publishing in Pec pod letá to work as an editor, but had to for political reasons, the publisher left in 1958 and was able to finish studies after only a year. 1960-1961 he was the editor of a magazine in factory Nižná, 1961-1973 freelance writer and publishing editor 1974-1986 spisovateľ for the journal Slovenský.

In 1989, he protested against the imprisonment of Václav Havel, signed the manifesto Some sentences and was one of the founders of the Association Public Against Violence ( Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN).

Today Feldek lives in Prague and Bratislava.

Processes for defamation and freedom of speech

Feldek made ​​headlines in 1992 when he pointed to the past of the newly appointed Culture Minister Dušan Slobodník. He said that Slobodník have 1945 briefly in the First Slovak Republic in a " terrorist Course " competition as a member of the Hlinka Youth in a warehouse of the Gestapo in Sekule, therefore, was regarded as someone with " fascist past" and nothing in a democratic government to 'm looking for. In addition, he wrote in his poem Dobru noc, moja milá the following verse: " esesák sa objal s eštebákom " ( an SS man embraced with a StB agents ), with the further reference to the past of Vladimir Meciar, the then Prime Minister.

As a result Slobodník sued the writer for defamation. In October 1992, the City Court of Bratislava Slobodníks lawsuit rejected, which then appealed. The three-member panel of the Supreme Court noted that the poem "is a gross slander and reduction of life of the citizens of honor and of destiny and an unauthorized interference with the personality of Dušan Slobodník " was and sentenced Feldek to pay compensation of 250,000 SKK and apology. The Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Court then sentenced Feldek only an excuse, but not to pay the compensation.

Feldek sued his lawyer Ernest Valko then the Slovak government for alleged obstruction of freedom of the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled in 2001 in favor of Feldek and awarded him compensation in the amount of SKK 500,000.

Works

Literature for Adults

Youth Literature

Essays

Translations

Feldek also has numerous works of foreign authors translated with the help of linguists, such as G. Apollinaire, JW Goethe, WW Mayakovsky, Ch Morgenstern, A. Rimbaud, AS Pushkin W. Shakespeare, Sophocles and others.

Links / sources

• Lubomir Feldek on osobnosti.sk ( Slovak)
• Entry about Lubomir Feldek on Literárne informačné centrum ( German )
• A page on the topic of civil strife Feldek vs. Slovak Republic ( Czech)

• Author
• Drama
• Poetry
• Children 's and Youth Literature
• Literature ( 20th century)
• Literature ( Slovak)
• Slovak
• Person (Žilina )
• Born in 1936
• Man