Oľga Feldeková

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Oľga Feldeková
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Feldeková in 2024
Born
Oľga Lukáčiová

(1943-03-28)28 March 1943
Martin, Slovakia
Died6 December 2025(2025-12-06) (aged 82)
Bratislava, Slovakia
OccupationWriter, essayist, satirist
LanguageSlovak
Education Comenius University
Spouse Ľubomír Feldek
Children5

Oľga Feldeková ( née Lukáčiová, 28 March 1943 – 6 December 2025) was a Slovak writer and satirist. Her early works were targeted towards children and young adults, but her later works were intended primarily for adults.

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Early life and career

Oľga Feldeková was born on 28 March 1943 in Martin, and grew up in Tvrdošín. After graduating from high school she was unable to continue her education due to restrictions placed on her by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Instead, she worked as a manual laborer in the Tesla electronics factory in Nižná, close to Tvrdošín, where she met her fellow writer and future husband Ľubomír Feldek. [1]

After two years of manual work, she was able to commence her studies of journalism at the Comenius University. [2] From 1977 to 1983 she worked for the youth edition of the Nové Slovo magazine, later as a screenwriter for Slovak film studios. [3]

Starting in 2001, Feldeková was a regular cast member of the satirical TV show Sedem, which aired on Markíza and later on TV JOJ. [4]

Writing

Feldeková's early works were intended for children and young adults. At first, she published in literary journals; her first book was Dnes vám hráme v zlatom ráme (1974) co-authored with her husband. In 1975 she published her single-author debut, Rozprávky pre dievčatko. Her later works Sťahovanie na mieste (1976), Dievča a šťastie (1979) a Veverica (1985) were intended for adult readers. [3] Her book Kým som šťastný (2013) represents the culmination of her embrace of magical realism evident already in Veverica. [5]

According to the literary critic Viktor Kochol, Feldeková's writing combines a fresh outlook and social critique in a way unseen in Slovak women's literature since Timrava. [5]

Personal life and death

Feldeková met her husband, the poet Ľubomír Feldek, when she was 17 years old. They had five children together. They resided in Bratislava. Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, they moved to a self-imposed exile in Prague for several years to escape violent threats by nationalists due to a poem by her husband criticizing the minister of culture Dušan Slobodník. [6]

Feldeková died in Bratislava on 6 December 2025, at the age of 82. [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Oľga Feldeková: Orava je najatraktívnejší kraj, aký poznám". myorava.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "List of alumni of the Comenius University".
  3. 1 2 "Oľga Feldeková - Životopis autora". Slovenské literárne centrum (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Oľga Feldeková o sedmičke: Je to radosť aj dobrodružstvo". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 24 April 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Kým som šťastný – Oľga Feldeková". Slovenské literárne centrum (in Slovak). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Sudor, Karol. "Oľga Feldeková: Päť detí sme mali preto, aby som manželovi nezahla". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Vo veku 82 rokov zomrela slovenská prozaička a novinárka Oľga Feldeková". spravy.stvr.sk (in Slovak). 6 December 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Dudoň, Michal (6 December 2025). "Ustavične sa okolo nej niečo dialo, ľudí bavila ostrým humorom. Zomrela Oľga Feldeková". sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Dugovičová, Kristína; Kollárik, Erik (6 December 2025). "Zomrela Oľga Feldeková (†82): Odišla obklopená rodinou, jej telo bolo veľmi vyčerpané". Plus 7 dní (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 December 2025.
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