Miroslav Válek
Miroslav Válek (July 17, 1927 – January 27, 1991) was a Slovak poet, publicist and politician. He was also the Minister of Culture in the government of Slovak Socialist Republic within the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Biography. Miroslav Válek was born in Trnava and from 1947 to 1949 he studied at Vysoká škola obchodná in Bratislava. During the years 1949–1963 he worked as an editor for magazines ("Slovenský roľník", "Týždeň", "Družstevný obzor"), finally becoming general editor of "Mladá tvorba". In 1962 he joined the Communist party of Czechoslovakia. In the years 1966–1967 he was general editor of the magazine "Romboid