Kamil Peteraj Slovakia

KAMIL PETERAJ was born in 1945 in Bratislava, where
he studied the violin at the Conservatory and, later,
dramaturgy at the University of Musical Arts. Until 1979
he worked as musical script editor at the Bratislava
theatre Nová scéna, then worked for a considerable time
as a freelance writer, supporting himself mainly by
writing rock music lyrics. From 1991 he worked in
advertising but again turned to freelance writing. He
lives in Bratislava.

His published poetry collections are: Winter Birds’
Orchard (1965), Time for the Viola (1966), Queen of
the Night (1968), Coming Out with the Evening Star
(1971), Lime Tree Mansion (1973), Faust and
Margaretas (1981), Minute Poems (1986), Shelters /
maxims / telegrams (1987), A Second of Delight (1989),
House of the Virgin (1991), Lyrical Corso (1991), What
You Whisper to the Girls (2007).

He has also published three collections of aphorisms,
six collections of song texts and two collections of verse
for children.

(2010)