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Zostal doma. A pr&#225;ve preto sa stal jednou z najtich&#353;ich a najtrvalej&#353;&#237;ch hlasov slovenskej pr&#243;zy v Rumunsku.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Korene v dolnozemskej n&#237;&#382;ine</strong></h3><p>Nadlak - mesto, kde Slov&#225;ci &#382;ij&#250; od roku 1803 je pre pochopenie Dov&#225;&#318;ovej tvorby k&#318;&#250;&#269;ov&#233;. Aj po viac ako 200 rokoch &#382;ivota v &#8222;cudzej&#8221; krajine, ktor&#225; sa im medzit&#253;m stala domovom, s&#250; Slov&#225;ci hrd&#237; na svoj p&#244;vod. D&#244;kazom je &#250;pln&#253; &#353;kolsk&#253; syst&#233;m v slovenskom jazyku, viac ako 110-ro&#269;n&#233; akt&#237;vne ochotn&#237;cke divadlo, liter&#225;rna tvorba a ur&#269;it&#233; formy v&#253;skumu. Do tohto kult&#250;rneho priestoru sa Dov&#225;&#318; narodil, v &#328;om vyrastal a z neho &#269;erpal.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Z&#225;kladn&#250; &#353;kolu, gymn&#225;zium aj l&#253;ceum absolvoval v Nadlaku. Potom odi&#353;iel do Bukure&#353;ti, kde na Filozofickej fakulte vy&#353;tudoval slovensk&#253; jazyk a literat&#250;ru spolu s rumun&#269;inou. Toto dvojit&#233; zakorenenie, slovensk&#233; aj rumunsk&#233;, sa nesk&#244;r prejavilo aj v jeho liter&#225;rnej citlivosti: rozumel obom svetom, preb&#253;val na rozhran&#237;.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>U&#269;ite&#318;, redaktor, spisovate&#318;</strong></h3><p>Po ukon&#269;en&#237; &#353;t&#250;di&#237; v roku 1974 nast&#250;pil ako u&#269;ite&#318; sloven&#269;iny do &#353;koly v Huta Voivozi (Sar&#225; Huta) v Bihorskej &#382;upe, vo vidieckej oblasti, kde Slov&#225;ci &#382;ij&#250; v hornatom ter&#233;ne, odli&#353;nom od rov&#237;n Aradskej &#382;upy. Sk&#250;senos&#357; s bihorsk&#253;mi Slov&#225;kmi, ich archaickej&#353;&#237;m n&#225;re&#269;&#237;m a ich zvl&#225;&#353;tnym &#250;delom horsk&#253;ch enkl&#225;v zanechala v jeho tvorbe nezmazate&#318;n&#250; stopu.</p><p>Od roku 1977 p&#244;sobil v Dome pionierov v Nadlaku, nesk&#244;r sa stal redaktorom a napokon &#353;&#233;fredaktorom (1995&#8211;2002) &#269;asopisu <em>Na&#353;e snahy</em>, &#250;stredn&#233;ho org&#225;nu Demokratick&#233;ho zv&#228;zu Slov&#225;kov a &#268;echov v Rumunsku (dnes Demokratick&#233;ho zv&#228;zu Slov&#225;kov v Rumunsku - DZSR), kde p&#244;sobil a&#382; do svojej smrti, v roku 2011.</p><h3><strong>Tvorba: n&#225;vrat domov ako liter&#225;rny mot&#237;v</strong></h3><p>Dov&#225;&#318; debutoval kr&#225;tkou pr&#243;zou <em>Janin pr&#237;pad</em> v almanachu <em>Vari&#225;cie</em> v roku 1980. Je to publik&#225;cia, ktor&#225; bola v t&#253;ch rokoch oknom pre nastupuj&#250;cu gener&#225;ciu nadlack&#253;ch liter&#225;tov. Kni&#382;n&#253; debut sa zrodil v roku 1984. Ide o zbierku poviedok <em>N&#225;vraty, </em>ktor&#225; bola vydan&#225; vo Vydavate&#318;stve Ivan Krasko v Nadlaku.</p><p>Samotn&#253; n&#225;zov debetu je symptomatick&#253;. N&#225;vrat &#8212; <em>&#238;ntoarcerea</em> v rumun&#269;ine &#8212; sa stal &#250;stredn&#253;m mot&#237;vom celej jeho tvorby. Liter&#225;rna kriti&#269;ka Dagmar M&#225;ria Anoca, o debute &#352;tefana Dov&#225;&#318;a nap&#237;sala: <em>bihorsk&#253; priestor sa tu objavuje bu&#271; ako model existencie, alebo ako kulisa, za ktorou sa odr&#225;&#382;aj&#250; in&#233; autorove tendencie. Monografick&#225; tendencia mlad&#233;ho autora sa prejavuje v prvej pr&#243;ze, kde zobrazuje &#382;ivot Slov&#225;kov z Bihoru na prelome 19. a 20. storo&#269;ia.</em></p><p>Nasleduj&#250;ce desa&#357;ro&#269;ia priniesli bohat&#250; zbierkov&#250; bibliografiu. Rom&#225;n <em>&#352;ed&#233; dni</em> (1997) bol pod&#318;a liter&#225;rneho kritika Cornelia Barboricu &#8222;b&#225;s&#328;ou &#318;udsk&#233;ho ne&#353;&#357;astia&#8221;, pr&#237;beh pacienta Mareka v nemocnici, &#353;tyri mesiace jesennej a zimnej monot&#243;nie, kde sivos&#357; dn&#237; nepoch&#225;dza z po&#269;asia, ale z du&#353;e.</p><p>Zbierka <em>&#381;ofine tr&#225;penia</em> (1998), ocenen&#225; Cenou Zv&#228;zu spisovate&#318;ov Rumunska, fili&#225;lka Arad, predstavuje osamel&#250; star&#250; &#381;ofu a jej mal&#233; starosti. Ondrej &#352;tefanko o tejto knihe nap&#237;sal, &#382;e Dov&#225;&#318;ovi sa podarilo vytvori&#357; &#8222;skvostn&#233; zobrazenie etickej tv&#225;re s&#250;&#269;asn&#233;ho &#269;loveka&#8221;, konzervat&#237;vny charakter a neprisp&#244;sobivos&#357;, ale z&#225;rove&#328; jemnos&#357; dedinsk&#233;ho &#269;loveka.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Tichos&#357; ako met&#243;da</strong></h3><p>Dov&#225;&#318;ova pr&#243;za nie je hlu&#269;n&#225;. Nevy&#382;aduje si dramatick&#233; zvraty ani expres&#237;vne gest&#225;. Je to literat&#250;ra pozorovania, trpezliv&#233;ho s&#250;stredenia na detail, na to, &#269;o sa zd&#225; mal&#233; a bezv&#253;znamn&#233; a predsa nesie v&#225;hu cel&#233;ho &#318;udsk&#233;ho osudu. V tom je pr&#237;buzn&#253; s ve&#318;k&#253;mi stredoeur&#243;pskymi realistami, no z&#225;rove&#328; ost&#225;va hlboko zakorenen&#253; v &#353;pecifickej dolnozemskej sk&#250;senosti: v nap&#228;t&#237; medzi vernos&#357;ou p&#244;de a t&#250;&#382;bou po priestore, v dvojitej identite Slov&#225;ka &#382;ij&#250;ceho v Rumunsku.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Hlas, ktor&#253; si nezasl&#250;&#382;i zabudnutie</strong></h3><p>&#352;tefan Dov&#225;&#318; zomrel 19. marca 2011. Bol &#269;lenom Zv&#228;zu spisovate&#318;ov Rumunska od roku 1991, &#269;estn&#253;m &#269;lenom Asoci&#225;cie slovensk&#253;ch spisovate&#318;ov SR a predsedom Liter&#225;rneho kr&#250;&#382;ku &#8222;Ondreja &#352;tefanka&#8221; v Nadlaku.</p><p>Jeho meno sa dnes objavuje v odborn&#253;ch slovn&#237;koch a liter&#225;rnovedn&#253;ch &#353;t&#250;di&#225;ch, no &#353;ir&#353;ej verejnosti, aj na Slovensku, zost&#225;va takmer nezn&#225;me. Tak to b&#253;va s pisate&#318;mi, ktor&#237; sa nevzdali svojho miesta, nevydali sa za sl&#225;dkore&#269;n&#253;mi centrami liter&#225;rneho &#382;ivota. Zostali tam, kde boli potrebn&#237;. Kde ich &#269;itatelia poznali. Kde ka&#382;d&#225; veta mala tv&#225;r a v&#253;znam.</p><p><strong>Slovak Center (virtual)</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4VQ7!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53a06b73-fb0f-4d03-98f6-2e6350c3910a_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4VQ7!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53a06b73-fb0f-4d03-98f6-2e6350c3910a_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4VQ7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53a06b73-fb0f-4d03-98f6-2e6350c3910a_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4VQ7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53a06b73-fb0f-4d03-98f6-2e6350c3910a_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Ondrej &#352;tefanko sa narodil 18. marca 1949 v Teme&#353;v&#225;ri, no jeho skuto&#269;n&#253;m domovom, za&#269;iatkom i koncom, bol v&#382;dy Nadlak &#8212; mal&#233; mesto na rumunsko-ma&#271;arskom pohrani&#269;&#237;, kde sa sloven&#269;ina zachovala, mohli by sme poveda&#357; v archaickej&#353;om tvare, a kde Slov&#225;ci po gener&#225;cie vytv&#225;rali svoju vlastn&#250; verziu slovenskosti. Cel&#253; &#382;ivot &#8212; s v&#253;nimkou vysoko&#353;kolsk&#253;ch &#353;t&#250;di&#237; &#8212; str&#225;vil pr&#225;ve tu, v tomto meste, ktor&#233; mu bolo s&#250;&#269;asne kotvou i obzorom.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>V Nadlaku absolvoval z&#225;kladn&#250; &#353;kolu aj l&#253;ceum v slovenskom jazyku. Na tamoj&#353;om slovenskom l&#253;ceu &#8212; vtedy jedinou strednou &#353;kolou s vyu&#269;ovac&#237;m jazykom slovensk&#253;m v Rumunsku &#8212; dospela jeho jazykov&#225; identita do plnej podoby. Nesk&#244;r vy&#353;tudoval fyziku a ch&#233;miu, a pr&#225;ve t&#225;to zdanlivo nes&#250;rod&#225; kombin&#225;cia &#8212; exaktn&#225; veda a liter&#225;rna du&#353;a &#8212; formovala jeho typicky &#353;tefankovsk&#253; poh&#318;ad na svet: presn&#253; v obrazoch, ne&#250;prosn&#253; v pravde, no v&#382;dy &#318;udsk&#253; v t&#243;ne.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png" width="800" height="90" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:90,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10996,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/i/188639908?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nm5j!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6095cefa-0c96-45a8-a9bc-864c870590c1_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Do roku 1989 u&#269;il fyziku a ch&#233;miu. Bol u&#269;ite&#318;om. Ale s&#250;&#269;asne &#8212; od roku 1974 &#8212; viedol Liter&#225;rny kr&#250;&#382;ok Ivana Krasku v Nadlaku, kult&#250;rnu in&#353;tit&#250;ciu, ktor&#225; sa pod jeho veden&#237;m stala centrom slovensk&#233;ho liter&#225;rneho &#382;ivota na Dolnej zemi. Vedel spoji&#357; to, &#269;o sa ned&#225; &#318;ahko spoji&#357;: discipl&#237;nu pr&#237;rodovedy a slobodu b&#225;snick&#233;ho obrazu. T&#225;to dvojakos&#357; presvit&#225; aj cez jeho ver&#353;e &#8212; v presnej, takmer geometrickej obraznosti, za ktorou pulzuje tepl&#233; &#318;udsk&#233; jadro.</p><p>Do literat&#250;ry vst&#250;pil roku 1977 zbierkou <em>Dva hlasy</em> (spoluautorstvo s I. M. Ambru&#353;om). Nasledovala zbierka <em>Stoj&#237;m pred domom</em> (1980), potom <em>Rozpaky</em> (1983), <em>Reptaj&#250;ca pokora</em> (1993), <em>Zjavenie J&#225;na</em> (1995), <em>Doma</em> (1996) &#269;i <em>Na priedom&#237;</em> (1997). Jeho tvorba zah&#341;&#328;a viac ako desa&#357; zbierok b&#225;sn&#237;, detsk&#250; pr&#243;zu <em>Desa&#357; strelen&#253;ch rozpr&#225;vok</em> (1986) i esejistick&#253; zv&#228;zok <em>&#352;&#318;achetn&#253; erb bl&#225;znov</em> (1996).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png" width="800" height="90" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:90,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:15527,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/i/188639908?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CAK0!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcdf615d3-531e-49c5-9a00-0b436cea4873_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Slovensk&#253; b&#225;snik z Ma&#271;arska Imrich Fuhl ho charakterizoval presne: Ondrej &#352;tefanko bol typ romantick&#233;ho b&#250;rliv&#225;ka, ktor&#253; ve&#318;kolep&#253;m gestom stoto&#382;&#328;oval svoj &#382;ivot s po&#233;ziou a &#382;il pre &#318;ud&#237;. Bol z&#225;rove&#328; modern&#253;m b&#225;snikom aj tzv. v&#353;edn&#253;m &#269;lovekom &#8212; tak&#253;m, ktor&#253; dobre poznal hranice a miery sveta, ktor&#253; v sebe nechcel za ka&#382;d&#250; cenu n&#225;js&#357; v&#253;nimo&#269;n&#233;ho hrdinu, ale predov&#353;etk&#253;m &#269;loveka, ako s&#250; in&#237;.</p><p>Pr&#225;ve t&#225;to zdvojenos&#357; ho robila jedine&#269;n&#253;m. Vo ver&#353;och bol spont&#225;nne v&#253;bu&#353;n&#253;, no s mimoriadnou estetickou discipl&#237;nou. Do b&#225;sn&#237; vstupovala l&#225;ska ako nevyhnutn&#225; s&#250;&#269;as&#357; &#382;itia, vlastn&#233; korene, trad&#237;cie, rodina &#8212; zachyten&#233; cez detaily, v&#244;ne, predmety: v&#244;&#328;a su&#353;en&#253;ch sliv&#225;k, v&#244;&#328;a kuchyne, vydrhnut&#225; dl&#225;&#382;ka. Tieto zdanlivo ban&#225;lne obrazy nes&#250; v &#352;tefankovej po&#233;zii v&#225;hu cel&#233;ho sveta.</p><p>Pozoruhodn&#225; bola aj estetika jeho ver&#353;ov: &#352;tefankovi zjavne vyhovovalo nepodrobovanie sa dobovej liter&#225;rnej, ba ani spolo&#269;enskej a politickej konvencii. Bol hrd&#253; na to svoje a na to na&#353;e &#8212; slovensk&#233;, a predsa in&#233;. R&#225;d chodieval po b&#225;snick&#233; obrazy do pr&#237;rody, volil mot&#237;v stromu, scen&#233;rie ro&#269;n&#253;ch obdob&#237;. P&#237;sal melodick&#253;m vo&#318;n&#253;m ver&#353;om, kde spor&#253; r&#253;m p&#244;sobil ako ne&#269;akan&#253; dar.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png" width="800" height="90" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:90,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:12587,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/i/188639908?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PODE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14906ddb-1d3c-4b40-807c-8a22d76344ad_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Rok 1989 bol pre Ondreja &#352;tefanka zlomov&#253;m &#8212; nielen pre Rumunsko, ale aj pre neho osobne. Akt&#237;vne sa zapojil do hnutia proti komunistickej diktat&#250;re a po p&#225;de re&#382;imu ho zvolili do rumunsk&#233;ho parlamentu ako predstavite&#318;a Slov&#225;kov. Zo &#353;kolskej tabule pre&#353;iel k trib&#250;ne parlamentu &#8212; a t&#225;to zmena ho definovala na zvy&#353;ok &#382;ivota.</p><p>V roku 1990 zalo&#382;il <em>Na&#353;e snahy</em> &#8212; prv&#253; nez&#225;visl&#253; &#269;asopis Slov&#225;kov v Rumunsku &#8212; a z&#225;rove&#328; sa stal predsedom Demokratick&#233;ho zv&#228;zu Slov&#225;kov a &#268;echov v Rumunsku, funkciu ktor&#250; zast&#225;val takmer dve dek&#225;dy. Bol to on, kto tejto men&#353;inovej komunite dal in&#353;titucion&#225;lnu kostru, hlas aj sebad&#244;veru.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png" width="800" height="90" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:90,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:14103,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/i/188639908?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iE1N!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e6b3ed8-a6de-4634-a1b4-81a4281e0810_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#352;tefanko bol presved&#269;en&#253;, &#382;e dolnozemsk&#237; Slov&#225;ci nemaj&#250; by&#357; &#8212; ako s&#225;m hovoril &#8212; &#353;unka v sendvi&#269;i, vtesnan&#225; medzi kult&#250;ru krajiny predkov a kult&#250;ru &#353;t&#225;tu, kde &#382;ij&#250;. Sformuloval my&#353;lienku trojkontextovosti: slovensk&#225; men&#353;inov&#225; kult&#250;ra v Rumunsku sa pohybuje s&#250;&#269;asne v troch kontextoch &#8212; rumunskom, slovenskom a dolnozemskom. A ka&#382;d&#253; z nich ju obohacuje.</p><p>Bol &#353;&#233;fredaktorom <em>Dolnozemsk&#233;ho Slov&#225;ka</em> (spolo&#269;n&#253; &#269;asopis Slov&#225;kov z Ma&#271;arska, Rumunska a Juhosl&#225;vie, od roku 1996) a dvojjazy&#269;n&#233;ho &#353;tvr&#357;ro&#269;n&#237;ka <em>Rovnobe&#382;n&#233; zrkadl&#225; &#8212; Oglinzi paralele</em> (1996&#8212;2008), ktor&#253; v sebe steles&#328;oval jeho v&#237;ziu: kult&#250;ry, ktor&#233; sa nezrkadlia v protiklade, ale ved&#318;a seba &#8212; paralelne.</p><p>Ako prekladate&#318; prep&#225;jal slovensk&#253; a rumunsk&#253; liter&#225;rny priestor v oboch smeroch. Prekladal rumunsk&#253;ch autorov (J. Flora, D. R. Popescu, S. Almajan) do sloven&#269;iny a naopak &#8212; diela &#352;ikulu, Hykischa, Hronca &#269;i Bohu&#353;a prin&#225;&#353;al rumunsk&#233;mu &#269;itate&#318;ovi. Jeho preklady figuruj&#250; v deviatich antol&#243;gi&#225;ch po&#233;zie a pr&#243;zy.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png" width="800" height="90" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:90,&quot;width&quot;:800,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:12958,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/i/188639908?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LpuF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1fb8829-7ac1-4626-a1ac-1e6b43c0d94b_800x90.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Od roku 1994 viedol Kult&#250;rnu a vedeck&#250; spolo&#269;nos&#357; Ivana Krasku &#8212; vydavate&#318;stvo, ktor&#233; sa stalo najprodukt&#237;vnej&#353;&#237;m slovensk&#253;m vydavate&#318;stvom mimo &#250;zemia Slovenska. Zriekol sa vlastnej pohodlnosti a up&#237;sal sa literat&#250;re &#8212; nielen svojej, ale aj in&#253;ch. Prepisoval texty, editoval rukopisy, robil z autorov spisovate&#318;ov. Bol krstn&#253;m otcom nemal&#233;ho po&#269;tu kn&#237;h aj liter&#225;rnych kari&#233;r.</p><p>V 90. rokoch predsedal &#218;nii slovensk&#253;ch spisovate&#318;ov, umelcov a kult&#250;rnych pracovn&#237;kov &#382;ij&#250;cich mimo &#250;zemia Slovenska. Bol &#269;lenom Zv&#228;zu rumunsk&#253;ch spisovate&#318;ov, Spolku slovensk&#253;ch spisovate&#318;ov aj Obce slovensk&#253;ch spisovate&#318;ov. Nesk&#244;r sa stal prv&#253;m podpredsedom Svetov&#233;ho zdru&#382;enia Slov&#225;kov v zahrani&#269;&#237; &#8212; &#269;&#237;m jeho hlas presahoval hranice Rumunska aj Dolnej zeme.</p><p>Za celo&#382;ivotn&#250; pr&#225;cu ho rumunsk&#253; prezident vyznamenal R&#225;dom za z&#225;sluhy v hodnosti D&#244;stojn&#237;ka. No pre t&#253;ch, &#269;o ho poznali, najv&#228;&#269;&#353;&#237;m vyznamenan&#237;m bol jeho samotn&#253; sp&#244;sob bytia &#8212; ve&#269;ne pln&#253; n&#225;padov, energie a hromov&#233;ho hlasu, ktor&#253; z neho robil nenapodobnite&#318;n&#233;ho recit&#225;tora; a z&#225;rove&#328; z&#225;dum&#269;iv&#253; poh&#318;ad, ktor&#253; skr&#253;val &#357;a&#382;ko pochopite&#318;n&#233; svety.</p><p><em>Liter&#225;rna tvorba Ondreja &#352;tefanku je na Slovensku m&#225;lo zn&#225;ma, podobne ako tvorba ostatn&#253;ch dolnozemsk&#253;ch autorov. Ondrej tento &#250;del zn&#225;&#353;al stato&#269;ne. Bol hrd&#253; na to svoje a na to na&#353;e. Slovensk&#233;, a predsa in&#233;.</em></p><p><em>&#8212; zo spomienky uverejnenej po jeho smrti, SME 2008</em></p><p>Ondrej &#352;tefanko zomrel 20. febru&#225;ra 2008 v Nadlaku, nieko&#318;ko dn&#237; pred svojimi 59. narodeninami. Zanechal nedop&#237;san&#250; b&#225;se&#328; &#382;ivota &#8212; a to je, ako nap&#237;sali jeho priatelia, najv&#228;&#269;&#353;ia trag&#233;dia. Bol to on, kto najd&#244;raznej&#353;ie dokazoval, &#382;e hoci sme mal&#237; po&#269;tom, dok&#225;&#382;eme by&#357; ve&#318;k&#237; duchom.</p><p><strong>V&#221;BER Z TVORBY</strong></p><p><strong>Po&#233;zia</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Dva hlasy</em>  &#8212;  1977  (s I. M. Ambru&#353;om)</p><p><em>Stoj&#237;m pred domom</em>  &#8212;  1980</p><p><em>Rozpaky</em>  &#8212;  1983</p><p><em>Dva hlasy II</em>  &#8212;  1987  (s I. M. Ambru&#353;om)</p><p><em>Reptaj&#250;ca pokora</em>  &#8212;  1993</p><p><em>Zjavenie J&#225;na</em>  &#8212;  1995</p><p><em>Doma</em>  &#8212;  1996</p><p><em>Na priedom&#237;</em>  &#8212;  1997</p></blockquote><p><strong>Pre deti a esejistika</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>Desa&#357; strelen&#253;ch rozpr&#225;vok</em>  &#8212;  1986  (pr&#243;za pre deti)</p></blockquote><p><em>&#352;&#318;achetn&#253; erb bl&#225;znov</em>  &#8212;  1996  (eseje)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! 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Jarom&#237;r Nov&#225;k patr&#237; medzi najosobitej&#353;ie hlasy dolnozemskej slovenskej literat&#250;ry &#8212; autor, ktor&#253; sp&#225;ja lyrick&#250; citlivos&#357; b&#225;snika, analytick&#253; poh&#318;ad novin&#225;ra a nenapodobnite&#318;n&#253; zmysel pre humor. Jeho pr&#237;beh ukazuje, &#382;e slovo roden&#233; v malom meste na rumunsko-ma&#271;arskom pomedz&#237; m&#244;&#382;e rezonova&#357; na celom kontinente.</p><p>Narodil sa 17. febru&#225;ra 1969 v Nadlaku, v srdci slovenskej komunity v Rumunsku. V tomto meste, kde sa sloven&#269;ina zachovala viac gener&#225;ci&#237; od pr&#237;chodu prv&#253;ch osadn&#237;kov v roku 1803, dostal do vienka jazyk a identitu, ktor&#233; sa stali osou cel&#233;ho jeho tvorenia.</p><p>Po maturite na priemyselnom l&#253;ceu v Nadlaku (1987) pre&#353;iel viacer&#253;mi  profesiami &#8212; obdob&#237;m, ke&#271; sa mlad&#253; b&#225;snik stret&#225;val so svetom pr&#225;ce v posledn&#253;ch rokoch &#268;eau&#353;escovho re&#382;imu. Revol&#250;cia v roku 1989 mu otvorila cestu na Slovensko. V rokoch 1990&#8211;1994 &#353;tudoval &#382;urnalistiku na Filozofickej fakulte Univerzity Komensk&#233;ho v Bratislave &#8212; na &#353;kole, kde sa formovali gener&#225;cie slovensk&#253;ch novin&#225;rov.</p><h2><strong>B&#225;snik z Dolnej zeme</strong></h2><p>Prv&#233; b&#225;sne uverejnil u&#382; v roku 1988, v zborn&#237;ku Vari&#225;cie 10, jednom z posledn&#253;ch liter&#225;rnych po&#269;inov pred p&#225;dom komunizmu. Ako sedemn&#225;s&#357;ro&#269;n&#253; vst&#250;pil do legend&#225;rneho Liter&#225;rneho kr&#250;&#382;ku Ivana Krasku v Nadlaku &#8212; toho ist&#233;ho zoskupenia, z ktor&#233;ho nesk&#244;r vyr&#225;stlo vydavate&#318;stvo, nieko&#318;ko &#269;asopisov a cel&#253; &#8222;nadlack&#253; fenom&#233;n&#8221; dolnozemskej slovenskej literat&#250;ry.</p><p>V kr&#250;&#382;ku ho v&#237;tali slov&#225; Adama Such&#225;nskeho: <em>&#8222;No kone&#269;ne, u&#382; tu nie som najmlad&#353;&#237;!&#8221;</em> Medzi star&#353;&#237;mi liter&#225;tmi sa Nov&#225;k r&#253;chlo etabloval ako hlas novej gener&#225;cie &#8212; mlad&#253; autor, ktor&#253; m&#225; &#269;o poveda&#357; a vie, ako to poveda&#357;.</p><p>Za necel&#233; desa&#357;ro&#269;ie vydal p&#228;&#357; b&#225;snick&#253;ch zbierok, v&#353;etky v nadlackom Vydavate&#318;stve Ivana Krasku:</p><p><strong>Rok &#8212; Dielo</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>1995 &#8212; Ru&#382;e v popoln&#237;ku</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>1996 &#8212; Nemo sa smeje</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>1998 &#8212; Mesa&#269;n&#253; kokteil b&#225;sn&#237; &#269;i&#382;e abeceda z dna poh&#225;ra</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>1999 &#8212; Koniec detstva a in&#233; pestv&#225;</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>2001 &#8212; 7 &#8212; balady bez n&#225;lady</strong></p></li></ul><p>U&#382; samotn&#233; n&#225;zvy prezr&#225;dzaj&#250; autorsk&#253; rukopis: hravos&#357; jazyka, ironick&#253; nadh&#318;ad a schopnos&#357; n&#225;js&#357; po&#233;ziu aj v banalite v&#353;edn&#233;ho d&#328;a. Nov&#225;kova lyrika nie je akademick&#225; ani dekorat&#237;vna &#8212; je &#382;iv&#225;, mestsk&#225;, pln&#225; obrazov, ktor&#233; &#269;itate&#318;a chytia za golier.</p><p>B&#225;sne publikoval aj v antol&#243;gii Skuto&#269;nosti (1992) a v slovensk&#253;ch periodik&#225;ch naprie&#269; celou Dolnou zemou: Na&#353;e snahy, Rovnobe&#382;n&#233; zrkadl&#225;/Oglinzi paralele v Rumunsku, Tma, Vzlet, N&#225;&#353; &#382;ivot v b&#253;valej Juhosl&#225;vii, SME v Ma&#271;arsku, a Dotyky &#269;i Maternica na Slovensku.</p><h2><strong>Novin&#225;r na mnoh&#253;ch frontoch</strong></h2><p>Paralelne s po&#233;ziou budoval Nov&#225;k novin&#225;rsku kari&#233;ru, ktor&#225; ho postupne vyniesla z bratislavsk&#253;ch redakci&#237; do srdca eur&#243;pskej politiky.</p><p>V rokoch 1994&#8211;1995 pracoval ako redaktor denn&#237;ka Smena, jedn&#233;ho z najvplyvnej&#353;&#237;ch slovensk&#253;ch period&#237;k dev&#228;&#357;desiatych rokov. Odtia&#318; pre&#353;iel do Hospod&#225;rskych nov&#237;n (1995&#8211;1999) a n&#225;sledne do Hospod&#225;rskeho denn&#237;ka v Bratislave &#8212; prostredie, kde sa nau&#269;il prem&#253;&#353;&#318;a&#357; v &#269;&#237;slach, faktoch a kontextoch bez toho, aby stratil jazyk b&#225;snika.</p><p>Jeho novin&#225;rska cesta ho nesk&#244;r priviedla do Bruselu, kde sa ocitol v epicentre eur&#243;pskeho diania. Z belgickej metropoly prispieval do Nov&#233;ho slova a viedol blog na port&#225;li SME, kde jeho &#269;l&#225;nky o geopolitike Balk&#225;nu, eur&#243;pskej kult&#250;re, lingvistick&#253;ch kuriozit&#225;ch &#269;i Eurov&#237;zii z&#237;skali vern&#233; &#269;itate&#318;sk&#233; publikum. P&#237;sal o Kosove aj Che Guevarovi, o nadlack&#253;ch klob&#225;sach aj o Berlusconim, o jazykov&#253;ch nedorozumeniach v Eur&#243;pe, o z&#225;hadnm jazyku arumun&#269;ina, aj o zabudnut&#253;ch b&#225;s&#328;ach v &#353;ufl&#237;koch &#8212; v&#382;dy s t&#253;m nezamenite&#318;n&#253;m Nov&#225;kovsk&#253;m zmyslom pre detail, ir&#243;niu a &#318;udskos&#357;.</p><h2><strong>Tri kontexty jedn&#233;ho autora</strong></h2><p>Jarom&#237;r Nov&#225;k v sebe steles&#328;uje koncept trojkontextovosti, o ktorom hovoril jeho ve&#318;k&#253; mentor Ondrej &#352;tefanko &#8212; zakladate&#318; vydavate&#318;stva, kde vy&#353;li v&#353;etky Nov&#225;kove zbierky. Pod&#318;a &#352;tefanka slovensk&#253; umelec z Dolnej zeme &#382;ije s&#250;&#269;asne v troch kult&#250;rnych svetoch: v kontexte materskej slovenskej kult&#250;ry, v kontexte v&#228;&#269;&#353;inov&#233;ho rumunsk&#233;ho prostredia a v kontexte &#353;ir&#353;om, eur&#243;pskom.</p><p>Nov&#225;k t&#250;to trojkontextovos&#357; ne&#382;ije iba teoreticky &#8212; pre&#353;iel &#328;ou fyzicky. Naroden&#253; v Rumunsku, vzdelan&#253; na Slovensku, profesion&#225;lne akt&#237;vny v Belgicku. A v&#353;ade si niesol ten ist&#253; n&#225;stroj: slovensk&#233; slovo.</p><p>Je to pr&#237;beh, ktor&#253; pozn&#225; ka&#382;d&#253; krajansk&#253; intelektu&#225;l &#8212; ot&#225;zka, &#269;i zosta&#357;, alebo od&#237;s&#357;?Kam patr&#237;m, kde som doma? V&#353;ade a z&#225;rove&#328; nikde. Nov&#225;k s&#225;m o tom nap&#237;sal v doj&#237;mavom spomienkovom texte na kamar&#225;ta Adama Such&#225;nskeho, &#271;al&#353;ieho nadlack&#233;ho b&#225;snika: <em>&#8222;Ke&#271; &#382;ijete dos&#357; &#271;aleko od domova a potom e&#353;te &#271;alej (Bratislavu vystriedal Brusel) a chod&#237;te do rodiska &#269;oraz menej, niektor&#233; veci v&#225;m prosto unikn&#250;&#8230;&#8221;</em></p><h2><strong>Spravodajca, spoluzakladate&#318;, redaktor</strong></h2><p>Dnes je Jarom&#237;r Nov&#225;k spravodajcom TASR &#8212; Tla&#269;ovej agent&#250;ry Slovenskej republiky. Popri tejto profesion&#225;lnej &#250;lohe je jedn&#253;m zo spoluzakladate&#318;ov Slovak Center a ved&#250;cim redaktorom dvoch jeho k&#318;&#250;&#269;ov&#253;ch sekci&#237; na Substacku: CINK (Centrum inform&#225;ci&#237; o na&#353;ich krajanoch) a CINK Tech&amp;Think &#8212; priestoru, kde technol&#243;gia stret&#225;va myslenie.</p><p>V t&#253;chto &#250;loh&#225;ch sp&#225;ja v&#353;etky svoje profesion&#225;lne identity: agent&#250;rnu presnos&#357; spravodajcu, liter&#225;rnu schopnos&#357; da&#357; spr&#225;ve du&#353;u a kozmopolitn&#253; rozh&#318;ad &#269;loveka, ktor&#253; &#382;il a pracoval v nieko&#318;k&#253;ch eur&#243;pskych krajin&#225;ch. Pre CINK nie je iba editor. Je &#269;lovek, ktor&#253; vie, &#382;e sonety a haiku s&#250; len in&#253; form&#225;t spr&#225;vy zo sveta. &#381;e za ka&#382;dou tla&#269;ovkou stoj&#237; &#318;udsk&#253; pr&#237;beh. A &#382;e dobr&#253; t&#237;m nestoj&#237; na &#353;trukt&#250;rach, ale na d&#244;vere.</p><div><hr></div><p>Z chlapca, ktor&#253; v osemdesiatych rokoch vst&#250;pil do liter&#225;rneho kr&#250;&#382;ku v malom nadlackom dome, vyr&#225;stol autor, novin&#225;r a redaktor, ktor&#233;ho hlas presahuje hranice jednej krajiny. Jeho pr&#237;beh je d&#244;kazom, &#382;e slovensk&#233; slovo z Dolnej zeme nie je ods&#250;den&#233; na perif&#233;riu &#8212; ak ho nesie &#269;lovek s talentom, odvahou a nekone&#269;n&#253;m zmyslom pre humor. A &#382;e b&#225;snik, aj ke&#271; ho &#382;ivot zavedie &#271;aleko od domova, nikdy neprestane by&#357; b&#225;snikom.</p><p><strong>Rubrika: Portr&#233;ty Zifi za Slovak Center</strong></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[PORTRÉTY Štefan von Korch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tenorista so slovensk&#253;mi kore&#328;mi a svetov&#253;m hlasom]]></description><link>https://slovakcenter.substack.com/p/portret-umelca-stefana-von-korcha</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://slovakcenter.substack.com/p/portret-umelca-stefana-von-korcha</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 20:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d5ec60e9-d8ce-4748-b9ba-dcc2ebd62588_3264x2176.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Z Novej Huty a&#382; na medzin&#225;rodn&#233; opern&#233; sc&#233;ny. &#352;tefan von Korch patr&#237; medzi najv&#253;raznej&#353;&#237;ch tenorov svojej gener&#225;cie &#8211; umelec, ktor&#253; sp&#225;ja technick&#250; brilantnos&#357;, emocion&#225;lnu h&#314;bku a h&#318;ad&#225; korene v slovenskej kult&#250;rnej trad&#237;cii. Jeho pr&#237;beh ukazuje, &#382;e aj z nadlack&#233;ho javiska e&#353;te v rannom detstve mo&#382;no vykro&#269;i&#357; na svetov&#233; javisk&#225;.</p><p>Narodil sa v Oradei, a vyr&#225;stol na Novej Hute v &#382;upe Bihor, so slovensk&#253;mi kore&#328;mi z materskej strany a z otcovej nemeck&#253;mi. Hudobn&#250; cestu za&#269;al u&#382; ako trojro&#269;n&#253; hrou na akorde&#243;ne, cez slovensk&#253; a rumunsk&#253; folkl&#243;r.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://slovakcenter.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Hoci dnes meno &#352;tefana von Korcha znie na ve&#318;k&#253;ch opern&#253;ch sc&#233;nach doma i vo svete, jeho &#250;plne prv&#233; kroky pred publikom smerovali e&#353;te v detstve na javisko Prehliadky s&#243;listov slovenskej &#318;udovej piesne z Dolnej zeme &#8222;Cez Nadlak je...&#8221;, ktor&#225; sa u&#382; &#353;tvr&#357;storo&#269;ie kon&#225; v Nadlaku. Pr&#225;ve tam, v prostred&#237; kult&#250;rneho centra Slov&#225;kov z Rumunska, a materinsk&#233;ho jazyka, sa po prv&#253; raz stretol so silou hudby ako prejavu identity.</p><p>Hoci p&#244;vodne nemal v &#250;mysle venova&#357; sa opere, dostal sa k nej prostredn&#237;ctvom talianskej popul&#225;rnej hudby po&#269;as stredo&#353;kolsk&#253;ch rokov a postupne sa naplno oddal svetu lyrick&#233;ho spevu (Adev&#259;rul).</p><p>U&#382; vo veku 21 rokov debutoval na javisku N&#225;rodnej opery v Klu&#382;i ako Tamino v Mozartovej opere &#268;arovn&#225; flauta (Operabase, TVR). Tento moment sa stal odrazov&#253;m most&#237;kom pre jeho &#271;al&#353;&#237; umeleck&#253; rast a otvoril mu cestu k n&#225;ro&#269;n&#233;mu belcantov&#233;mu reperto&#225;ru.</p><p>Korchova kari&#233;ra sa vyzna&#269;uje interpret&#225;ciou mimoriadne n&#225;ro&#269;n&#253;ch lyrick&#253;ch tenorov&#253;ch partov, ktor&#233; ho etablovali ako interpreta referen&#269;nej &#250;rovne. Jeho reperto&#225;r zah&#341;&#328;a viac ako 20 opern&#253;ch &#250;loh a 12 vok&#225;lno-symfonick&#253;ch diel (Revista Psychologies).</p><p>Dielo / &#218;loha</p><p>V&#253;znam (profesion&#225;lna cit&#225;cia)</p><p>Arturo Talbo (I Puritani, V. Bellini)</p><p>&#218;loha, ktor&#225; mu priniesla umeleck&#233; uznanie. Pova&#382;uje sa za jedn&#233;ho z m&#225;la tenorov na svete, ktor&#237; dok&#225;&#382;u interpretova&#357; t&#250;to rolu na najvy&#353;&#353;ej technickej a umeleckej &#250;rovni v&#271;aka t&#243;nu F nad vysok&#253;m C (bel canto extr&#233;mnej n&#225;ro&#269;nosti) (Operabase, Radio Rom&#226;nia Cultural).</p><p>Tenor &#8211; s&#243;lista (Carmina Burana, C. Orff)</p><p>Najvyh&#318;ad&#225;vanej&#353;&#237; tenor s&#250;&#269;asnosti pre t&#250;to s&#243;lov&#250; linku, ozna&#269;ovan&#253; ako &#8222;referen&#269;n&#253; hlas&#8220; v Rumunsku pre t&#250;to vysok&#250; a efektn&#250; partit&#250;ru. Dielo interpretoval viac ako 34-kr&#225;t (TVR, Radio Rom&#226;nia Cultural, zenob).</p><p>Camille de Jolidon (Vesel&#225; vdova 2.0)</p><p>V&#253;razn&#253; &#250;spech v inscen&#225;cii renomovan&#233;ho re&#382;is&#233;ra Andreia &#536;erbana (Radio Rom&#226;nia Cultural).</p><p>Jeho profesion&#225;lny rast potvrdzuj&#250; skor&#233; &#250;spechy v s&#250;&#357;a&#382;iach aj intenz&#237;vna medzin&#225;rodn&#225; &#269;innos&#357;.</p><p>Ocenenia (2012):<br>- Ve&#318;k&#225; cena na s&#250;&#357;a&#382;i interpret&#225;cie piesne Ionel Perlea<br>- 3. miesto na Medzin&#225;rodnej s&#250;&#357;a&#382;i Alfredo Giacomotti (Taliansko)<br>- Cena Nad&#225;cie Darcl&#233;e na Medzin&#225;rodnej s&#250;&#357;a&#382;i Hariclea Darcl&#233;e (Operabase)</p><p>Medzin&#225;rodn&#233; turn&#233; a spolupr&#225;ce:<br>- China Tour 2023: jedin&#253; rumunsk&#253; s&#243;lista pozvan&#253; na rozsiahle turn&#233; (27 miest, odhadovan&#233; publikum 170 mili&#243;nov) s orchestrom Reino de Arag&#243;n zo &#352;panielska pod taktovkou dirigenta Ricarda Casera (Radio Rom&#226;nia Cultural).<br>- Zahrani&#269;n&#233; sc&#233;ny: pravideln&#253; hos&#357; sc&#233;n v Z&#252;richu, Berne, Frankfurte, Bratislave, Viedni, Kaiserslauterne a v Metropolitan Concert Hall Tokyo (Revista Psychologies, Operabase).</p><p>&#352;tefan von Korch je opisovan&#253; ako umelec, ktor&#253; si buduje kari&#233;ru na seri&#243;znosti, &#250;cte k hudbe a na t&#250;&#382;be vytv&#225;ra&#357; mosty medzi javiskom a publikom (YouTube &#8211; Marile &#206;nt&#226;lniri). Vystihuje ho kombin&#225;cia discipl&#237;ny, elegancie a prirodzenej muzikality &#8211; vlastnost&#237;, ktor&#233; z neho robia jedine&#269;n&#253; hlas s&#250;&#269;asnej rumunskej aj stredoeur&#243;pskej opernej sc&#233;ny.</p><p>Popri svojich vyst&#250;peniach sa venuje aj organiz&#225;cii koncertn&#233;ho cyklu &#8222;Musical Extravaganza&#8221;, ktor&#253; prin&#225;&#353;a operu, operetu a symfonick&#250; hudbu bli&#382;&#353;ie k &#353;irok&#233;mu publiku.</p><p>Z chlapca, ktor&#253; kedysi na javisku v Nadlaku spieval slovensk&#233; &#318;udov&#233; piesne, vyr&#225;stol tenor svetovej triedy. Jeho pr&#237;beh je d&#244;kazom, &#382;e kult&#250;rne korene, v&#225;&#353;e&#328; a discipl&#237;na m&#244;&#382;u vies&#357; z malej komunity a&#382; na najprest&#237;&#382;nej&#353;ie svetov&#233; p&#243;di&#225; &#8211; a &#382;e piese&#328;, ktor&#225; raz zaznie z h&#314;bky srdca, nikdy nestrat&#237; svoju silu.</p><p>Rubrika: Portr&#233;ty <br>Zifi za Slovak Center</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HfQj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2246b908-77db-435e-a056-98e243ad7375_3264x2176.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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