Dušan Kováč
Dušan Kováč (born 3 January 1942) is a Slovak historian and writer. He specializes in Slovak and Central European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the author or co-author of several synthetic works about Slovak history. The head of the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1990-1998), the scientific secretary of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (since 1998).
Also recorded as Dusan Kovac
Dušan Kováč
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- Name
- Dušan Kováč
- Birthplace
- Humenné, Slovak state
- Nationality
- Slovakia · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- historian · writer
- Fields
- history · creative and professional writing · children's and young adult literature · Slovak prose literature
- Education
- Comenius University
- Honours
- Egon Erwin Kisch Award · Cross of Pribina class II · Herder Prize
- Languages
- Slovak
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Dušan Kováč (born 3 January 1942) is a Slovak historian and writer. He specializes in Slovak and Central European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, the author or co-author of several synthetic works about Slovak history. The head of the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (1990-1998), the scientific secretary of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (since 1998).
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Dušan Kováč (born 1942) is a historian and writer, of Czechoslovak and Slovak nationality. The historian was born in Humenné.
Dušan Kováč was educated at Comenius University. The historian is a member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and The Learned Society of Slovakia. Activity centred on children's and young adult literature, creative and professional writing and history.
Languages used include Slovak. Honours include Cross of Pribina class II, Egon Erwin Kisch Award and Herder Prize.
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The member of several Slovak and foreign scientific organisations like the Collegium Carolinum in Munich or the Royal Historical Society in London. He is a brother of the Slovak ex-president Michal Kováč.
Dušan Kováč studied at Comenius University. The recorded working language is Slovak. The field of work recorded is history, creative and professional writing and children's and young adult literature. Distinctions recorded are Egon Erwin Kisch Award, Cross of Pribina class II and Herder Prize.
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• Honorific Prefix — PhDr. • Name — Dušan Kováč • Honorific Suffix — DrSc. • Birthplace — Humenné, Slovak state • Discipline — History
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Selected works
• 1979 Od Dvojspolku k anšlusu [From the Double Alliance to the Anschluss] • 1991 Nemecko a nemecká menšina na Slovensku 1871-1945 [Germany and the German Minority in Slovakia 1871-1945] • 1992 Slovenské dejiny [Slovak History] (co-author) • 1992 History and Politics • 1995 Slovensko v Rakúsko-Uhorsku [Slovakia in Austria-Hungary] • 1997 Slováci. Česi. Dejiny [The Slovaks. The Czechs. History] • 1998 Dejiny Slovenska [History of Slovakia] • 1998 Kronika Slovenska 1 [Chronicle of Slovakia 1] (co-author) • 1999 Kronika Slovenska 2 [Chronicle of Slovakia 2] (co-author)
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Dušan Kováč is recorded with the occupation historian. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as having received Egon Erwin Kisch Award, Cross of Pribina class II and Herder Prize.
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1942
Dušan Kováč was born on 3 January 1942.
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• Pribina Cross, II. class (President of the Slovak Republic)
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The authorities additionally record the heading Dusan Kovac. His recorded language was Slovak. Other recorded relations include Michal Kováč. Kováč worked in history, creative and professional writing, children's and young adult literature and Slovak prose literature. He belonged to Hungarian Academy of Sciences and The Learned Society of Slovakia.
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