Albert Marenčin
Albert Marenčin (26 July 1922 in Bystré, Vranov nad Topľou District – 9 March 2019) was a Slovak writer, poet, surrealist, essayist, screenwriter, editor, collage artist, translator and critic.
Also recorded as Albert Marencin
Albert Marenčin
- Born
- 1922 · Bystré.
- Died
- 2019 · Bratislava.
- Nationality
- Czechoslovakia · Slovakia
- Occupation
- linguist · writer · playwright · translator · photographer · collagist · poet · screenwriter
- Fields
- prose · poetry · visual arts · translation from French
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Knight of the National Order of Merit · Cross of Pribina class I
- Languages
- French · Slovak
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Albert Marenčin (26 July 1922 in Bystré, Vranov nad Topľou District – 9 March 2019) was a Slovak writer, poet, surrealist, essayist, screenwriter, editor, collage artist, translator and critic.
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Early life
Early life
The recorded working language is French and Slovak. The field of work recorded is prose, poetry and visual arts. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Cross of Pribina class I.
He was a participant in the Slovak National Uprising in 1944. On 19 October 2011, he was awarded the 2011 Zora Jesenská Prize by The Slovak Association of Literary Translators.
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Family
He had a son and a grandson, who are both also named Albert Marenčin. Another son of his is the photographer Martin Marenčin.
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Bystré.
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Bratislava.
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