Mikuláš Mušinka

Mikuláš Mušinka (; 20 February 1936 – 13 September 2024) was a Slovak folklorist and Ukrainian studies specialist, art historian, literary critic and bibliographer of Ukrainian (Lemko) origin. He held a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree (from 1967) and a Doctor of Philological Sciences degree. Member of the International Commission for the Study of the National Culture of the Carpathians and the Balkans, a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (from 1989), President of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Slovakia, head of the Association of Ukrainians in Slovakia (from 1990), and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (from 1997).

Works He researched Lemko folklore in Yugoslavia, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, western Czechia, and Moravia, as well as Ukrainian-Slovak literary ties.

Selected works: Z ukrainskoho folkloru skhidnoi Slovachchyny (1963) Ukrainska usna slovesnist (1973) Folklor rusyniv Voivodyny (1976, 1987)