Dobroslav Chrobák
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Dobroslav Chrobák | |
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Born | Hybe, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) | February 16, 1907
Died | May 16, 1951 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) | (aged 44)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Slovak |
Dobroslav Chrobák (16 February 1907, Hybe – 16 May 1951, Bratislava) was a Slovak writer.
Life[]
He was born in Hybe as the second of four kids to a family of dressmakers. He studied at school in Rožňava and Liptovský Mikuláš, and later at a technical high school in Bratislava. He completed his studies in 1934 at Czech Technical University in Prague. After that, he returned to Bratislava to work as a lecturer. Later, he worked as an editor of radio journalism at Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava, and the last five years as the regional managing director for Slovakia. He died of a cancerous tumour in Bratislava and is buried in Hybe.
Selected works[]
- 1924 – Les, story
- 1925 – Náraz priam centrický, story
- 1931 – Dva kamenné dni, novel
- 1937 – Kamarát Jašek, collection of novels and stories
- 1943 – (Dragon's Return), fiction
External links[]
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1951 deaths
- Czechoslovak writers
- Slovak writers
- Slovak translators
- Czech Technical University in Prague alumni
- European writer stubs
- Slovak people stubs