Occupation Author Name Ludo Ondrejov | Nationality Slovak Role Poet | |
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Died March 18, 1962, Bratislava, Slovakia | ||
Lýdia Piovarcsyová: Ľudo Ondrejov arizoval náš obchod, o deportáciu rodičov požiadal vládu listom
Ľudo Ondrejov (October 19, 1901 in Slanje, present day Croatia – March 18, 1962 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak poet and prose writer.
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- Ldia Piovarcsyov udo Ondrejov arizoval n obchod o deportciu rodiov poiadal vldu listom
- Biography
- Writing career
- List of selected works
- Criticism
- References
Biography
Ľudo Ondrejov was born in a Slovak family in Slanje (today part of Donji Martijanec, Croatia) on March 18, 1901. He spent most of his childhood in Slovakia in a small village Kostiviarska (today part of Banská Bystrica). He moved to Bratislava in 1938 and became a professional writer. Ľudo Ondrejov was a member of a partisan group in 1944–45. During the World War II he was given a bookstore as a part of the Aryanization in Slovakia.
Writing career
Ondrejov's first works were published in periodicals such as Slovenské pohľady (Slovak views). His first book was published in 1932. He wrote prose and poetry for adults and children. Ondrejov was a significant member of the Slovak school of naturalism. Ondrejov also wrote fictional travelogues.
List of selected works
Poetry
Prose
Criticism
During the Second World War árizoval secondhand Jewish families of Steiner in Bratislava . Moreover, when it was started with the deportation of Jews, said that in his company no Jew need be reported and authorities:
" I declare that, in its bookstore do not need these Jews: Max Steiner, Joseph Steiner, Sigismund Steiner and Steiner, Viliam. Odtransportovaním and making sure those Jews suffer trade or Slovak state under no economic loss because I have found a replacement in the person of Mr Viliam árijskej Fabry from the Turks. St. Martin's . "
These people later died in concentration camps .