Florin, Theo (real name Teodor Herkel)

Born: 10/04/1908 Dolny Kubin
Died: 11/03/1973 Dolny Kubin

Theo H. Florin was born in Dolny Kubin in 1908, the son of a shoe maker.

He studied in his home town and already as a student began to write and publish work in various Slovak magazines and newspapers. In 1932, he went abroad for a long time. First he lived in former Yugoslavia, then in Paris, where he became a secretary of the Czechoslovak colony and an editor of Slovak newspapers. Florin also published his first poetical collections here.

In 1940, he went to London, and after the war he worked in the diplomatic service, first at the Embassy in Paris, then in Washington. In 1948 Florin became a personal secretary of the Foreign minister, Vladimir Clementis.

In 1950-53, he was imprisoned illegally. After he was freed he settled in Dolny Kubin and became a shop-assistant in a bookshop. Here, he devoted his time to writing, adult education and actively took part in organizing Hviezdoslavov Kubin, a festival of artistic recitals of poems and prose, which is still active today.

- Introduction

- Bernolak, Anton

- Caplovic, Vavrinec

- Radlinsky, Andrej

- Hattala, Martin

- Matuska, Janko

- Bohun, Peter

- Hviezdoslav, P.O.

- Kukucin, Martin

- Nadasi, Ladislav

- Florin, Theo

- Medvecka, Maria

- Vojtasak, Jan