Andrej Hablák

Andrej Hablák (1977), a fresh graduate of high school in Námestovo (northern Slovakia) he published his first book of poems Váhavo postávam nepripravený odísť (1995), for which he received the premium of Ivan Krasko Prize for debut of the year. Then he left for the USA, staying there over two years. Upon return to Slovakia, he studied Slovak literature and language and Philosophy at Comenius University in Bratislava. During this study he published two books of poetry: Jazvyk (1999) and Tichorád (2002) and worked as an editor of literary reviews PULZ and Romboid. Then he worked two years with the Slovak Academy of Science. Today, he is working on his next poetry book Leknín, working as a teacher of Slovak and English in central Slovakia, nearby Banská Štiavnica.