Ivan Gudets (July 10, 1947, Nitra) – Slovak writer, playwright, author of literary works for children and youth. From December 13, 1994 to October 30, 1998 he was the Minister of Culture of Slovakia. He was a member of the Movement for Democratic Slovakia (the party no longer exists).

Biography

He studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University of Bratislava. In the same period, he became one of the founders of the student theater of small stage forms „Theater at Roland", where he was simultaneously the author of productions, director, actor and organizer. After graduation, he worked as a doctor in the cities of Zilina, Bratislava and Chadtsa, and later again worked in Bratislava as deputy director of the State Sanatorium. After the year 1989 he began to engage in politics, in 1992 he was a candidate for the parliament of Slovakia, since 1994 he was a deputy, and in 1994-1998 – the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic.

Creation

Ivan Gudets writes novels and short stories in which he talks about marital problems, the history of Slovakia, or returns to the issues of the medical field in which he worked. He is also the author of grotesques and mystical stories. Ivan Gudets also writes plays for the theater.

Artworks

Creativity for adults


1979 – Sinful love, lonely men, short story

1981 – Forbidden Fruit Taste, novel

1981 – The kiss of the mischievous, storybook

1985 – Pangarts, a historical novel about the Slavic region of Kisuce

1985 – Black holes, novel-novella

1987 – The mysterious smile of a toothless angel, storybook

1988 – Life inside brackets, the work is published only in Hungarian

1989 – An experiment called love short story

1989 – Erotic stories

1990 – Forefather Himself, grotesque with historical elements

1992 – White lady, dead pan, a collection of historical and mystical stories (co-author Peter Jarosch)

1994 – Slovakia, my homeland


Creativity for children


1994 – Legends and myths of the ancient Slavs


Drama


1974 – Islands, theatrical play for the student theater „Roland’s" (co-author Peter Belan)

1986 – Prince, dramatic triptych, volume one (co-author Peter Valo)

1987 – Historical games

1988 – Brothers, Dramatic Triptych, Volume Two (co-author Peter Valo)

1989 – Great Moravia

1990 – King Svyatopolk, dramatic triptych, volume three (co-author Peter Valo)


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