Dobroslav Chrobák (16 February 1907, Hybe – 16 May 1951, Bratislava) was a Slovak writer.

Dobroslav Chrobák
Portrait of Dobroslav Chrobák
Portrait of Dobroslav Chrobák
Born(1907-02-16)February 16, 1907
Hybe, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
DiedMay 16, 1951(1951-05-16) (aged 44)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
OccupationWriter
NationalitySlovak

Life

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He was born in Hybe as the second of four kids to a family of dressmakers. He studied at school in Rožňava and Liptovský Mikuláš, and later at a technical high school in Bratislava. He completed his studies in 1934 at Czech Technical University in Prague. After that, he returned to Bratislava to work as a lecturer. Later, he worked as an editor of radio journalism at Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava, and the last five years as the regional managing director for Slovakia. He died of a cancerous tumour in Bratislava and is buried in Hybe.

Selected works

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  • 1924 – Les, story
  • 1925 – Náraz priam centrický, story
  • 1931 – Dva kamenné dni, novel
  • 1937 – Kamarát Jašek, collection of novels and stories
  • 1943 – Drak sa vracia (Dragon's Return), fiction

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