Katarína Lazarová

Katarína Lazarová (13 February 1914 – 21 June 1995) was a Slovak writer and translator.

Early life and education Katarína Lazarová was born on 13 February 1914 in Výčapy-Opatovce. She attended a grammar school at Nové Mesto nad Váhom (1924–1928), then continued her education in Nitra (1928–1930). In the years 1930–1932, she completed an internship at a large farm in Janova Ves, then took on occasional work. In the years 1937–1938 she worked in Žilina as a clerk at the editorial office of the magazine Slovenský hlas.

Career During World War II, Katarína Lazarová worked as a civil servant in Bratislava and took part in the local resistance. In the years 1944–1945, she served in the 1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade After 1945, she worked for Zväz protifašistických bojovníkov (Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters), Zväz slovenských žien (Union of Slovak Women), Zväz slovenských spisovateľov (Union of Slovak Writers) and other organisations. She also wrote one book for children. After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, she took part in a debate in Vienna on future political developments in her country, led by Emil Vidra, a former chairman of a human rights protection organisation. In 1974, she was reclassified as a person hostile to the government by the ŠtB.

She died on 21 June 1995 in Bratislava.

Works

Kamaráti, 1949 Traja z neba, 1950 Osie hniezdo,1953 Omyly, 1957 Mločia hora, 1961 Šarkan na reťazi, 1962 Kňažná z Lemúrie, 1964 Trpaslíci, 1966 Interview s labuťami, 1966 Kavčie pierko, 1967 Putovanie svätej Anny, 1968 Vlkolaci, 1970 Štyri detekíivky, 1976 – anthology of four previously published detective novels Povesť o snežnom človeku, 1966 – book for children Vdovské domy, 1977