Curriculum vitae

Novel, novella, prose:

* The Case of a Buried Cemetery (novella, samizdat, 1986;

    + Mladá Fronta/Prague, 1989, in Czech).

* How are you (novel, Illusion, 1998).

* Back to future (large prose, Marenčin PT, 2010).

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 (collection of travel stories, Paris, France, 2005, bilingual Slovak-French).

* Safarnama/Finding the Right Way (collection of travel stories, Krishna Publ., New Delhi, 2006, in Hindi).

* kako je malen ovaj svijet (collection of travel stories, Edicije Božičević, Zagreb, 2009)

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.

* Dualóg (+ P. Žantovský), collection of articles about relationships between Czechs and Slovaks, Slovenský literárny klub v ČR, Prague, 2009.

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).

* handbook of longevity (popular „handbook“ for longevity, Metro Media, 2009).

* mafia in slovakia, retro of organized crime in 90-ties in Slovak republic, Marenčin PT, 2009, awarded as the most selling book of the year 2009 in Slovakia (more than 40 000 copies).

* Mikuláš Černák/Boss of all bosses, portrait of the biggest mafia boss of 90-ties in Slovakia, Marenčin PT, 2010.

* Mikuláš Černák (+ D. Kičin), the biggest mafia boss of  90-ties in Slovakia in data and interviews, Marenčin PT, 2010.

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).

* Mafia na Slovensku (non-fi, www.sme.sk, okt. - dec. 2009, 30 parts, more than 600 000 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 (3x), Germany (1x), Canada (6x), Hungary (1x), Norway (1x), Serbia (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

-   Special audio-publication of handbook of marriage for blind people (450 min.), Slovenská knižnica pre nevidiacich, Levoča, 1998

-   Special audio-publication of mafia in slovakia for blind people, Slovenská knižnica pre nevidiacich, Levoča, 2010

-   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 13 abroad (Austria x2, Czech Republic x5, Cyprus, France, Ukraine, Romania, Russia, USA).

- Author of 12 radio-dramas, TV documents, TV movie and art movie.

- Author of more than 1500 articles in 50 major Slovak, Czech and internat. newspapers and magazines. 

Translations of 196 stories, essays and articles of Gustáv Murín into 42 other languages: Afghani/Darí (1x), Armenian (1x), Austria (4x), Bangladesh (1x), Belgium (1x), Bosnian (1x), Brazil-Portuguese (1x), Bulgarian (3x), Croatian (4x), Czech (28x), Cyprus (5x), Danish (1x), Egypt (1x), Estonian (1x), Finish (1x), French (27x), Georgian (1x), German (3x), Greek (2x), Greenland/Inuit (1x), Hungarian (4x), India/Hindi (30x), Italian (1x), Kyrgyzstan (1x), Lithuanian (1x), Macedonian (4x), Malawi/Chichewa (1x),  Maltian (1x), Polish (2x), Portuguese (3x), Roma-East Europe (1x), Romanian (6x), Russian (2x), Serbian (1x), Sierra Leone/Krio (1x), Slovakia (33x in English), Slovenian (1x), Spanish (1x), Swedish (2x), Ukrainian (1x), U.K. (1x), USA (8x), Vietnam (1x)...

Readings and literary presentations abroad: Armenia (2003), Austria (2003, 2006), Bulgaria (2010), Canada (2004x3, 2010x3), Croatia (1995, 1996), Czech Republic (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999x2, 2001, 2002x5, 2003x4, 2004x6, 2005x2, 2006, 2007), Cyprus (1998, 2004), Finland (2003), France (2004, 2006x2, 2008x3, 2009x2), Georgia (1996), Greece (2009x3), Hungary (2003x2, 2004), India (2000), Japan (2010), Mexico (2003), Nepal (2000), Norway (2004), Poland (2003, 2008), Romania (1995), Serbia (2006, 2007x3, 2010x8), Slovenia (1996, 2006x2, 2010), Sweden (2003), Switzerland (2002), USA (1995x2, 1998x2, 2001, 2002x2)…

+ More than 100 literary presentations in 37 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).

International Writers´ Residence, Ekemel, Lefkes – Paros, Greece, (June, 2009)

International Writers´ Residence, Fundación Valparaiso, Mojácar, Spain (February, 2010)

Individual writer´s tour through Turkey, Min. of culture and tourism, (May, 2010).

Membership:

* Slovak Center of the PEN International (Member since 1993, Secretary 1995-97, President 2000-2004, President 2009-).

* 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), 3^rd place at journalist CEE Award (Central and East Europe - APA, 2006), Panta Rhei Award for the most selling book of the year 2009 in Slovakia.

Further details in:

* Who’s who in the world (Marquis’, USA, since 1997).

* Dictionary of international biography (Cambridge, U.K., since 1998).

* International Who’s Who of Contemporary Achievement (American Biographical Institute, 1998, 2001).

* Album der Slowakischen Schriftsteller (Centre for Information on Literature, 2002).

* Album of Slovak Writers (Centre for Information on Literature, 2003).

* The International Who’s Who (Routledge, U.K., 2007)

+ Five other international and twelve national publications.

+ Web-sites: artistswithoutfrontiers.com, litcentrum.sk, diversity.org.mk, LaLupe.com, amazon.com etc..