Ján Brezina

For the Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament, see Jan Březina.

Ján Brezina (January 1, 1917 – August 4, 1997) was a Slovak poet, literally historian and theoretician.

He was an employee of the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 1943, of the Slovak Matica and from 1970 - 1973 director of the Institute for Literal History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Works

Poems:

• Nikdy sa nestretnem (I will never meet)
• Okrídlený deň (A day with wings)
• Nočné bdenie (Night waking)
• Horúcou linkou (By a hotline)

Literal history:

• Slovenská poézia v revolučných rokoch 1917-1922 (Slovak poetry in the revolutionary years 1917-1922)