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Anton Hykisch (born 23 February 1932,
Banská Štiavnica,
Slovakia) is a Slovak writer, politician and diplomat. Hykisch was a member of the Slovak National Assembly (Slovak Parliament) from 1990 to 1992 and the first Slovak ambassador to
Canada from 1993 to 1997.[1][2]
Biography
He was born in a family of a clerk and received his education in Banská Štiavnica, Pukanka, Levice and finally in Bratislava, where he studied from 1951 to 1956 at the University of Economics. In 1956-1958 he worked in a research institute, in 1958 at the Railway Construction, in 1958-1962 at the Horticultural and Recreational Services of the City of Bratislava. From 1962 to 1969 he worked as a literary editor at the Czechoslovak Radio, from 1969 to 1974 at the Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and from 1974 he worked at Diel. From 1987 he was editor and later director of the Mladé letá publishing house, from 1990 to 1992, he was a Member of Parliament and from 1993 to 1997 he was Ambassador to Canada.
Works
For adults
1961 – Dream Enters the Station, short story
1963 – A Step into the Unknown, debut novel (written and published in 1959, scrapped immediately after publication)
1963 - I Met You, short story
1964 – Naďa, novella
1965 – Námestie v Mähring, novel
1971 – And you won't find peace anywhere, or Murder in the Spa, detective story (published only in
Czech)
1977 - The Time of the Masters, a two-part historical novel
1978 – Relationships, short story
1979 - The Good Secret Brain, a collection of science fiction short stories and news
1980 – Desire, short story
1984 - Love the Queen, historical novel
1988 – Atomic Summer, novel – fictionalization of current events
1990 – Defense of Secrets, a collection of fantasy prose
1999 – Maria Theresa
2006 – The Thirteenth Hour. Time of the Masters (reissue)
2006 – Alone in Strange Cities
2007 – Remember the Tsar
2009 – The Delights of Old Times. A novel about the 20th century with autobiographical elements
2016 – Believe the Emperor, a historical novel from the reign of
Joseph II.
For children
1987 – The Future is Today, a non-fiction book
1989 – Friend Čipko, author's fairy tale connected with popular science literature
Essays
2001 – Let's not be afraid of the world
2003 – What I Think About It
Nonfiction
1968 – Canada is not "Canada", a travel book of reports
1975 – Steering wheels to the skies, a factual book about car racing and famous racers
1990 – Vacation in Beijing, travelogue
2004 – What politics tastes like. Memories and Records from 1990-1992
Other
1965 – He doesn't play the blues for me, screenplay for the film, based on the novel A Step into the Unknown