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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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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Albert Marenčin was a writer, born on 26 July 1922 and died on 9 March 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. For the birthplace of Albert Marenčin, Bystré is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Bystré nad Topl'ou (Slovaquie) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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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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