Ivan Krasko

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Ivan Krasko , born Ján Botto (* July 12, 1876 in Lukovištia , Austria-Hungary , today Slovakia ; † March 3, 1958 in Bratislava , Czechoslovakia ) was a Slovak poet and writer, whose work can mainly be assigned to literary modernism .

Life

Krasko grew up in a peasant family and studied 1887-92 at a Hungarian school in the nearby large Steffelbauer village , then 1892-94 at a German high school in the Transylvanian Sibiu and put his graduation in 1896 at a Romanian school in Brasov from. In 1900 he began to study chemical engineering at the Prague Polytechnic and in 1905 received the title of engineer. It was there that he began to write his first works under the influence of the French symbolists and the Czechoslovak movement called Hlasisti . After graduation he was an engineer in a sugar factory in Klobuky , then in 1912 head of a chemical plant in Slaný . During the First World War he was lieutenant of Honvéd - regiment . After the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, he was a civil servant and deputy for a ministry, then a deputy and senator before retiring in 1938. In 1943 he moved to the town of Pieš dany , before that he lived in Bratislava.

He died on March 3, 1958 in Bratislava and is buried in Lukovištia, his birthplace.

plant

His work appeared under the following pseudonyms: Ivan Krasko, Janko Cigáň and Bohdana J. Potokinová. The name Krasko refers to the neighboring village of Lukovištia, Kraskovo .

Translations of his poems have so far appeared in German, English, Polish, Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, Hungarian and other languages.

In 1946 Krasko was named a National Artist.

poetry
  • 1909 - Nox et solitudo (Night and Alone), collection of poems
  • 1912 - Verše (verses), collection of poems
  • 1966 - Súborné dielo Ivana Krasku 1 (compilation by Ivan Krasko 1)
  • 1993 - Súborné dielo Ivana Krasku 2 (compilation by Ivan Krasko 2)
prose
  • 1907 - Naši (Our)
  • 1908 - Sentimentálne príhody 1, 2 (sentimental incidents, parts 1 and 2)
  • 1911 - List mŕtvemu (A letter to the dead)

Appreciation

The municipality of Bottovo , which was founded in the 1920s, was named after the original name, and a monument to Ivan Krasko has stood there since 1962.

In 2010 the asteroid (33129) Ivankrasko was named after him.

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personal data
SURNAME Krasko, Ivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Botto, Ján (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Lukovištia
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1958
Place of death Bratislava