- Fedor Vico
Fedor Vico ( born
November 9 ,1944 ) is a Rusyn caricaturist fromSlovakia .Early life
Fedor Vico was born on
November 9 ,1944 in the eastern Slovak villageŠapinec ( today part ofOkrúhle ). He studied at Applied art high school inBratislava .Vico's work
He started to co-operate with humoristic magazine
Roháč , for which he created a popular figureJánošík . The Jánošík serial was publicated as a book in1969 . Because he also criticised a political situation in the book, he had to stop working as an author for several years until1975 . After 1975 he could only work in regional magazines. He chose to work for Nove žitja, where he publicated Rusyn serial Iľko Sova from Bajusov ( Il'ko Sova z Bajusova ). Later he continued to contribute Iľko Sova from Bajusov to Narodny novinky ( Rusyn newspaper ). He also made caricatures for SlovakSME and CzechLidové noviny .Prizes
* "Slovak literature fund prize"
* "The prize of cityPrešov "Other activities
He is a vice-chairman of Rusínska Obroda ( Rusyn Revival, non-governmental organisation ).
External links
* [http://www.holosy.sk/view.php?cisloclanku=2005030501/ Fedor Vico] at the Holosy
* [http://www.tccweb.org/rusynback.htm "Rusyn Patriots Questioning Purpose of Linguistic Revival"]
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