Laco Novomeský

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Czechoslovak member of Slovak National Council, member of Czechoslovak national parliament, poet, publicist and slovak nation politician (1904-1976)

WritersLived 1904 to 1976 · aged 71

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Languages13

In century#98,465

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

Laco Novomeský in 1937

Commemorative plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Arts on the Comenius University building in Bratislava

Awards 8

1969Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

1969honorary doctor of Comenius University

1964Národní umělec

Order of the Republic

Order of Klement Gottwald

Order of the Victorious February

Order of Lenin

Klement Gottwald State Prize

Connected to Laco 6

Vladimír ClementisAlso won Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Marie MajerováAlso won Order of Klement Gottwald

Jiřina ŠvorcováAlso won Order of the Victorious February

Lyubomir MiletichAlso won honorary doctor of Comenius University

Karel SteklýAlso won Klement Gottwald State Prize

Gottfried SchatzAlso won honorary doctor of Comenius University

About this person

Laco Novomeský was a Slovak poet, writer and communist politician. Novomeský was a member of the DAV group; after World War II he was the commissioner of education and culture of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. A prominent Czechoslovak politician, he was persecuted in the 1950s and later rehabilitated in the 1960s.