MILAN RICHTER

Correspondence address: Jánošíková 714, SK-900 42 Dunajská Luzná, SLOVAKIA FAX: +421 2 52964567 E-MAIL: milanrichter@hotmail.com E-MAIL: richter@litcentrum.sk

Born 25 July 1948 in Bratislava

STUDIES AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1967–1972 German, English and Swedish linguistics and literature at Comenius University, Bratislava
1984 Goethe Research Scholar in Weimar
1985 Dr. in literature
1990 Fulbright Research Scholar at UCLA, Los Angeles

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (selected)
1990–1992 executive secretary of the Slovak Literary Translators' Society
1992 counselor at the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992 counselor at the Czechoslovak Embassy in Oslo, Norway
1993–1995 Slovakia's chargé d'affaires a.i. in Norway, accredited for Iceland
1996 Chief Editor of the Slovak Literary Review (in English and German)
1999 Chairman of the Slovak Literary Translators' Society
2000 Publisher (MilaniuM Publishers)
2001 Vice-president of the Slovak PEN Centre (international activities)
2002 Chairman of the FIT Karel Capek Translation Prize jury

PUBLICATIONS (selected)
7 volumes of poetry in Slovak (Evening Mirrors, 1973; Whips, 1975; Pollen, 1976; Secure Place, 1987; Roots in the Air, 1992; From Behind the Velvet Curtains, 1997; An Angel with Black Feathers, 2000);
A Temple Collapsed in Me – to be published in 2002
His poems were translated altogether into 22 languages and published in 18 languages, incl Chinese, Arabic, Hebrew, and Icelandic.
1977–1986 – forbidden to publish his own books of poetry for political reasons
53 translated books and theatre plays from English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Spanish

AWARDS
Swedish Writers Fund's Award for Promotion of Swedish Literature (1991)
Austrian Ministry of Education and Arts' Translation Award (1993, 1996)
Swedish Academy Translation Prize (1999)
Translation Awards in Slovakia (1988, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002)