Curriculum vitae

BOOKS

Novel, novella:
* THE CASE OF A BURIED CEMETERY (novella, samizdat, 1986; Mladá Fronta/Prague,
   1989, in Czech).
* HOW ARE YOU (novel, Illusion, 1998).

Collection of stories:
* SUMMER FAVORS LOVERS (collection of stories, Corinex, 1990).
* COMEBACKS FROM LIGHT (collection of sci-fi stories, Slovenský spisovateľ, 1990).
* ANIMALS, ME AND OTHER PROSE (collection of stories, Slovenský spisovateľ, 1998).

Travel stories:
* LE MONDE EST PETIT (Paris, France, 2005, bilingual Slovak-French).
* SAFARNAMA/FINDING THE RIGHT WAY (Krishna Publ., New Delhi, 2006, in Hindi).

Collection of essays:
* SUBSTITUTIONAL END OF THE WORLD (three essays about future of human
   civilization, Lita, 1992).
* SUBSTITUTIONAL END OF THE WORLD (actualized collection of essays, Ivo Železný
   Publ./Prague, 1999, in Czech).
* ORGASMODROMES (collect. of essays and articles about modern human sexuality,
   Meritum, 1997).
* AND YOU WILL BECOME GODS (collection of three essays, Ivo Železný Publ./Prague,   
   2002, in Czech).
* EVETYHING IS DIFFERENT, collection of essays about literature, Vyd. Matice
   slovenskej, 2007.

Other non-fiction:
* INSTINCT CONTRA CULTURE (extensive study of history of human sexuality, Print-
   Servis, 1994)
* SEX CONTRA CULTURE  (study of history of human sexuality, Hynek Publ./Prague,
   1999, in Czech).
* JUST LIKE THE GODS (study about advances in biology and it impact for everyday life,
   Slovart, 2001).
* ALPHABET OF PHYSICAL LOVE (+ P. Weiss, encyclopaedia, Triton, 2004, in Czech).
* ALPHABET OF SEX AND EROTICA (encyclopaedia, Ikar, 2005).
* HANDBOOK OF MARRIAGE (popular "guidlines" about marriage, Ikar, 2007).
* MAFIA IN BRATISLAVA (retro of organized criminality in 90-ties in capitol city,
   Marenčin PT, 2008)

In electronic form:
* Proppe and others (collection of stories, Net-Book-Club, Denmark, 1997, in English).
* How are you (novel, www.gasbag.wz.cz/tema, Sept. - Dec. 2005).
* Such a normal America (series of travel stories, www.JeToTak.sk 2007 + www.euro-domino, 2008)
* Traveling through Spain (series of travel stories, www.cez-okno.eu , 2008)
* Radioactive! (novel, www.sme.sk, July - Aug. 2008, 15 parts, approx. 30 000 readers).
* Different stories and essays in: artistswithoutfrontiers.com, diversity.org.mk, alterego.sk, martinus.sk, privatephotoreview.com, LaLupe.com...

Copies of some of these books available abroad in libraries: Armenia (1x), Belgium (1x), Cyprus (1x), Czech Republic (42x), France (1x), Germany (1x), Canada (2x), Hungary (1x), Norway (1x), Slovenia (1x), Sweden (2x), United Kingdom (3x), U.S.A. (13x), Uzbekistan (1x).

Other publications:
- Special audio-publication of  COMEBACKS FROM LIGHT for blind people (180 min.), Slovenská knižnica pre nevidiacich, Levoča, 1991
- novel "EXPERIMENT WITH LOVE" in 24 parts in newspaper PRAVDA (Aug. 2007, approx. 120 000 readers).
- Gustáv Murín in Translation, PEEM, Bratislava, 2004 (selection of translated texts).
- Co-author of 13 different collections of stories and/or essays in Slovakia and 12 abroad (Austria x2, Czech Republic x5, Cyprus, France, Ukraine, Romania, USA).
- Author of 12 radio-dramas, TV documents, TV movie and art movie.
- Author of more than 1200 articles in 50 major Slovak, Czech and internat. newspapers and magazines. 

Translations of 186 stories, essays and articles of Gustáv Murín into 36 other languages: Afghani/Darí (1x), Armenian (1x), Austria (4x), Bangladesh (1x), Belgium (1x), Bosnian (1x), Brazil-Portuguese (1x), Bulgarian (2x), Croatian (4x), Czech (25x), Cyprus (5x), Danish (1x), Estonian (1x), Finish (1x), French (27x), Georgian (1x), German (3x), Greek (1x), Greenland/Inuit (1x), Hungarian (4x), India/Hindi (29x), Italian (1x), Kyrgyzstan (1x), Lithuanian (1x), Macedonian (4x), Malawi/Chichewa (1x),  Maltian (1x), Polish (2x), Portuguese (3x), Roma-East Europe (1x), Romanian (6x), Russian (1x), Serbian (1x), Sierra Leone/Krio (1x), Slovakia (33x in English), Slovenian (1x), Spanish (1x), Swedish (2x), Ukrainian (1x), U.K. (1x), USA (7x), Vietnam (1x)...

Readings and literary presentations abroad: Armenia (2003), Austria (2003, 2006), Canada (2004x3), Croatia (1995, 1996), Czech Republic (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999x2, 2001, 2002x5, 2003x4, 2004x6, 2005x2, 2006, 2007), Cyprus (1998, 2004), Finland (2003), France (2004, 2006x2, 2008), Georgia (1996), Hungary (2003x2, 2004), India (2000), Mexico (2003), Norway (2004), Poland (2003, 2008), Romania (1995), Serbia (2006, 2007), Slovenia (1996, 2006x2), Sweden (2003), Switzerland (2002), USA (1995x2, 1998x2, 2001, 2002x2)...
+ More than 70 literary presentations in 25 cities of Slovakia.

International fellowships:
Internat. Writing Program at University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA (Aug. - Nov., 1995). 
"Creative Reporting Workshop" conducted by Ryszard Kapuściński, Poland (Nov. 1997 - June, 1998).
Internat. Writers´ Residence in Ledig House, New York State, USA  (Sept. - Nov., 1998).
Independent Project of ArtsLink, Univ. of Oklahoma, USA (Feb. - May, 2001).
Internat. Writers´ Residence in Château de Lavigny, Switzerland  (July - Aug., 2002).
International Writers´ Colony, Sičevo, Serbia (Sept., 2007)

Membership:
* Slovak Center of the PEN International (Member since 1993, Secretary 1995-97, President 2000-2004).
* Slovak Center of Roma Club (Member since 1994).
* Slovak Syndicate of Journalists (Member since 1995).

Awards: Best Slovak story (1979), Best Czech and Slovak story (1981), Best Czech and Slovak novella (1986), Special prize in Slovak radio drama (1988), Honorary Fellow in Writing by Univ. of Iowa (1995), Best essay of the year (literary magazine Slovenské pohľady, 1996), Best non-fiction book of the year in Czech and Slovak Republics (E.E.Kisch Award, 2003), The best story for the children (Fifik´s Children Jury Award, 2005), 3rd place at journalist CEE Award (Central and East Europe - APA, 2006).