Writer Olga Feldekova Dies Aged 82

Bratislava, 6 December (TASR) - Slovak prose writer, journalist and screenwriter Olga Feldekova died on Saturday at the age of 82, TASR was confirmed by her son Martin, and Anna Olvecka, a family friend of the Feldek family. Born on 28 March 1943 in the town of Martin (Zilina region), Olga Feldekova grew up in the Upper Orava area. After graduating from high school in 1960, she continued her university studies, meanwhile (1960-1961) working as a labourer at a company called Tesla Orava. After completing her studies in journalism at the Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University (1967), she worked as a freelancer. In the meantime, she gave birth to and raised five children. She worked externally as an editor for a magazine called New Word of Youth (1978–1982) and compiled two anthologies of young Slovak prose from contributions by talented authors. After the demise of the New Word of Youth she became a dramaturge for Slovak film production (1982–1990), and from 1990 she was once again a freelancer. Her debut book was published in 1976. She wrote several novels, poetry and a number of short stories. Feldekova's husband, Lubomir Feldek, is a well-known Slovak poet, prose writer, dramatist and translator. am