Božena Slančíková-Timrava
Božena Slančíková-Timrava , actually Božena Slančíková (born October 2, 1867 in Polichno , Austria-Hungary , today Slovakia ; † November 27, 1951 in Lučenec , Czechoslovakia ) was a Slovak writer and playwright.
Works
Božena Slančíková-Timrava was a realistic writer, but in some works she comes close to literary modernism . In her stories and novellas, she describes life in the Slovak provinces with an ironic and sober look, turning away from the romantic-sentimental literary tradition.
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literature
- Alma Münzová: Slančíková, Božena (Ps. Timrava) . In: Ute Hechtfischer, Renate Hof, Inge Stephan and Flora Veit-Wild (eds.): Authors Lexicon . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 2002, ISBN 3-518-39918-7 , p. 500 f.
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SURNAME | Slančíková-Timrava, Božena |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Slančíková, Božena |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1867 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Polichno |
DATE OF DEATH | November 27, 1951 |
Place of death | Lučenec |