Ondrej Štefanko – personalitate emblematică a slovacilor din România
Ondrej Štefanko- emblematic personality of the Slovaks living in Romania

Summary/Abstract: Ondrej Štefanko (1949-2008) cultivated poetry, prose, literary criticism, literary history, history, journalism, lexicography, ethnology etc. He led periodicals, Slovak and bilingual magazines, and he published books. He was a programmatic and systematic translator, driven by the belief that in this way a cultural bridge could be built between peoples from another point of view, which was also a way of integrating the Slovak literature into the European and world literary context. He was also appreciated as an essayist, one of his most beautiful essays being Genius loci, a kind of art to transgress one's limits, which is, in fact, one of his work's constants. In addition to literature, in the narrow sense of the word, Ondrej Štefanko cultivated other fields within the scope of various publications. He edited albums, bibliographies etc. His organizational skills were highlighted in many cultural events. He was awarded several prizes and honors, and on the 15th of June 2019 a street in Bratislava was renamed after him. With all his activity, he has undoubtedly become an emblem of the Slovaks, especially of those living in Romania.

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