Margita Figuli

Margita Figuli
Photograph, 1937
Born	2 October 1909 (1909-10-02) Vyšný Kubín, Árva County, Austria-Hungary (in modern Slovakia)
Died	27 March 1995 (1995-03-28) (aged 85) Bratislava, Slovakia
Resting place	Slávičie údolie cemetery, Bratislava
Pen name	Ol'ga Morena
Occupation	novelist
Language	Slovak
Nationality	Slovak
Alma mater	Business school in Banská Bystrica
Literary movement	Naturalism
Years active	1930–1980
Notable works	Three Chestnut Horses
Notable awards	Zaslúžilý umelec (Artist of Merit, 1964) Národný umelec (National Artist, 1974)
Spouse	Jozef Šuster (m. 1939–1980; his death)

Margita Figuli (2 October 1909 – 27 March 1995; known after her marriage as Margita Šustrová and by the penname Ol'ga Morena) was a Slovak prose writer, translator and author of literature for children and young people.^[1]

Biography

Margita Figuli was born in a farmer's family in Vyšný Kubín. After her studies in Banská Bystrica, she moved to Bratislava to work as an English correspondent until 1941. Since then she focused on writing only. She died in Bratislava in 1995.

Works

Writing

Margita Figuli is a significant representative of the Slovak school of naturalism. Her works started to be published in 1930 in Slovenská nedeľa (Slovak Sunday), Elán (Spirit), Slovenské pohľady (Slovak views) and other periodicals. Love, compassion, and current social problems were prevalent in her writing. Her best works were translated into German, Russian, Polish, and other languages.

List of selected works

Prose

• 1932 – List od otca (Letter from father)
• 1938 – Čierny býk (Black bull)
• 1940 – Olovený vták (Lead bird)
• 1940 – Tri gaštanové kone (Three Chestnut Horses)
• 1942 – Tri noci a tri sny (Three nights and three dreams)
• 1946 – Babylon
• 1973 – Rebeka (Rebecca)
• 1974 – Vietor v nás (Wind within us)

For children and young people

• 1963 – Môj prvý list (My first letter)
• 1964 – Ariadnina niť (Ariadna's yarn)
• 1980 – Balada o Jurovi Jánošíkovi (Ballad about Juro Jánošík)

References

External links

• Margita Figuli at Find a Grave

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