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Sládkovič Andrej
(1820—1872)

Slovak poet and author of the poem "Marina". He was the Protestant pastor . His most famous work is the long poem "Marína", written in lyrical sonnet-like ten-line stanzas, inspired by his unhappy love for a Banská Štiavnica burgher's daughter. Where for Kollár erotic and patriotic love are divided, in some sense incommensurate, here they harmonise. Love for Sládkovič is not a mere intoxicating, sensual adventure of youth, it is a divine gift that enables Man to transcend his physical being, a force that enables one to contemplate and embrace truth through beauty, that joins in harmony body and mind, the physical world and the world of the spirit. All this is coloured by a Hegelian vision of progress towards freedom and harmony. Sládkovič's second famous long poem Detvan (published in 1853), celebrates the uplanders of Detva, an area beneath Poľana, a vision of unspoilt innocent vigour.

Czechoslovakia, 1972, Andrej Sládkovič

Czechoslovakia, 1972.06.14, Zvolen. Women