Jozef Dunajovec

Jozef Dunajovec
Jozef Dunajovec
Born	March 23, 1933 Nesluša, Slovakia
Died	February 22, 2007 Bratislava, Slovakia

Jozef Dunajovec (March 23, 1933 – February 22, 2007) was a Slovakian journalist, essayist and non-fiction author.

Biography

Dunajovec, born in 1933, graduated from the "High Agriculture School and Economic University" in Bratislava. During his studies he joined the editorial team of the daily Smena, and later he worked for Rolnické noviny, Hospodárske noviny, Nové slovo, Mladé rozlety, and Predvoj. He finished his journalist career as a Managing Editor of Krásy Slovenska.

Works

Besides a range of editorials, articles, essays and reportages, he wrote eighteen books. His most well-known works are:

• 1966 - The Exhorting Backwaters (Mŕtve ramená volajú)
• 1974 - The Human Footmarks (Po ľuďoch stopy), Through The Back Roads (Poľnými cestami)
• 1976 - The River People (Riečni ľudia) in Hungarian Ember és folyó (1977)
• 1980 - The Bread (Chlieb)
• 1995 - A Dramatic Event on the 1801st Kilometer (Dráma na kilometri 1801), A Planner's Odyssey (Projektantova odysea)

He was a co-author of the books

• 1974 - Motherland's Chronicle (Kronika rodnej zeme)
• 1975 - Homeland in Pictures (Rodná zem v obrazoch)
• 1986 - Mirrors of the Slovak Rivers (V zrkadlách slovenských riek)

Death

He died on February 22, 2007, aged 73.

External links

• Death of Jozef Dunajovec (Slovak)