Anton Hykisch

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Anton Hykisch
Anton Hykish
Born	(1932-02-23)23 February 1932 Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia (now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia)
Occupation(s)	Poet, Writer, Politician

Anton Hykisch (born 23 February 1932, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia) is a Slovak writer, politician and diplomat. Hykisch was a member of the Slovak National Assembly (Slovak Parliament) from 1990 to 1992 and the first Slovak ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1997.^[1][2]

Works

For adults

• 1961 – Dream Enters the Station, short story
• 1963 – A Step into the Unknown, debut novel (written and published in 1959, scrapped immediately after publication)
• 1963 - I Met You, short story
• 1964 – Naďa, novella
• 1965 – Námestie v Mähring, novel
• 1971 – And you won't find peace anywhere, or Murder in the Spa, detective story (published only in Czech)
• 1977 - The Time of the Masters, a two-part historical novel
• 1978 – Relationships, short story
• 1979 - The Good Secret Brain, a collection of science fiction short stories and news
• 1980 – Desire, short story
• 1984 - Love the Queen, historical novel
• 1988 – Atomic Summer, novel – fictionalization of current events
• 1990 – Defense of Secrets, a collection of fantasy prose
• 1999 – Maria Theresa
• 2006 – The Thirteenth Hour. Time of the Masters (reissue)
• 2006 – Alone in Strange Cities
• 2007 – Remember the Tsar
• 2009 – The Delights of Old Times. A novel about the 20th century with autobiographical elements
• 2016 – Believe the Emperor, a historical novel from the reign of Joseph II.

For children

• 1987 – The Future is Today, a non-fiction book
• 1989 – Friend Čipko, author's fairy tale connected with popular science literature

Essays

• 2001 – Let's not be afraid of the world
• 2003 – What I Think About It

Nonfiction

• 1968 – Canada is not "Canada", a travel book of reports
• 1975 – Steering wheels to the skies, a factual book about car racing and famous racers
• 1990 – Vacation in Beijing, travelogue
• 2004 – What politics tastes like. Memories and Records from 1990-1992

Other

• 1965 – He doesn't play the blues for me, screenplay for the film, based on the novel A Step into the Unknown
• 1966 – Praskanie, radio play
• 1969 – Conception, radio play
• 1988 – Such Strange Conversations, radio work

External links

• Works by Anton Hykisch at Open Library

References

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