About Ján Brezina
Lived 1917 – 1997 (aged 79–80). Ján Brezina was a Slovak writer, poet, translator and literary historian.
Ján Brezina (1 January 1917 in Východná – 4 August 1997 in Bratislava) was a Slovak poet, literary historian and theoretician.
He was an employee of the Slovak Academy of Sciences starting in 1943, of the Slovak Matica and from 1970 - 1973 director of the Institute for Literal History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Works Poems: Nikdy sa nestretnem ("I will never meet") Okrídlený deň ("A day with wings") Nočné bdenie ("Night waking") Horúcou linkou (By a hotline")
Literary history: Slovenská poézia v revolučných rokoch 1917-1922 (Slovak poetry in the revolutionary years 1917-1922)
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Who was Ján Brezina?
Slovak writer
When was Ján Brezina born?
Ján Brezina was born in 1917 in Východná.
When did Ján Brezina die?
Ján Brezina died on 4 August 1997 in Bratislava.
What was Ján Brezina's occupation?
Ján Brezina was a writer, poet, translator and literary historian.
What nationality was Ján Brezina?
Ján Brezina was Slovak.
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