Anton Hykisch

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]

Anton Hykisch
Anton Hykish
Born(1932-02-23)23 February 1932
Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia
(now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
Occupation(s)Poet, Writer, Politician

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
  • 1966 – Praskanie, radio play
  • 1969 – Conception, radio play
  • 1988 – Such Strange Conversations, radio work

References
  1. "Ambassador Portrait: Anton Hykisch". European Year of International Dialogue (2008). Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  2. "Hykisch, Anton (1932)". Literárne Informačné Centrum. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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