Vojtech Zamarovský
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Vojtech Zamarovský (October 5, 1919, Trenčín - July 26, 2006, Prague) was a popular Slovak writer of historical non-fiction literature. He was also translator from English, German, French and Latin.
After studies of law and economics in Bratislava and Prague Zamarovský moved to Prague and worked in several state offices. Since 1976 he has worked only as a writer. His books concentrated on the life of ancient Mediterranean nations. He wrote both in Slovak and in Czech languages. Zamarovský became immensely popular in Czechoslovakia, and his works were also translated abroad.
He suffered from Parkinson disease, last two months being in coma.
[edit] Major works
Books (with literal English translations):
- Bohovia a hrdinovia antických bájí (1969) [Gods and heroes of ancient myths] - a dictionary of ancient mythology
- Bohovia a králi starého Egypta (1986) [Gods and kings of ancient Egypt ] - history of ancient Egypt
- Dejiny písané Rímom (1971) [History written by Rome ] - history of the Roman Empire
- Grécky zázrak (1974) [The Greek wonder] - history of ancient Greece
- Ich veličenstvá pyramídy (1977) [Their Majesties, the pyramids ] - on Egyptian pyramids
- Na počiatku bol Sumer (1966) [At the beginning, there was Sumer ] - history of the Sumerians
- Objavenie Tróje (1962) [The discovery of Troia ] - history of archaeological excavations in Troia and an explanation of old Greek epics and mythology
- Vzkriesenie Olympie (1978) [Resurrection of Olympia ]- history of the Olympic Games
- Za siedmimi divmi sveta (1960) [Quest of the Seven Wonders of the World]- description of ancient monuments and of the corresponding cultures
- Za tajemstvím říše Chetitů (1961) [Quest of the Mystery of the Empire of the Hittites ] - a homage to Bedřich Hrozný (therefore the book was written in Czech first)
TV series (13 episodes):
- Veľké civilizácie staroveku [Great Civilizations of Ancient Times]
