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Vladimír Mináč

Died in 1996

Vladimír Mináč was born on 10 August 1922 in Klenovec, into a family of craftsmen. He studied Slovak and German in Bratislava, fought in the Jánošík partisan brigade during the uprising, was taken prisoner in December 1944 and passed through the camps of Mauthausen and Dachau. After the liberation, he headed the military daily Bojovník, the screenplay department of the state cinema, then Kultúrny život and Slovenské pohľady. President of the Matica slovenská from 1974 to 1990 and a member of parliament from 1990 to 1992, he died in Bratislava on 25 October 1996.

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