The Earth Under Your Feet (Zem pod nohami)

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About the Author: Mikuláš Kováč (1934–1992) was a Slovak poet, playwright and author of children’s books. He graduated from High School for Industrial Studies in Zvolen in Central Slovakia (1953) and studied pedagogy at Comenius University in Bratislava. He did not finish his studies for health reasons. Kováč spent almost his whole life in Banská Bystrica in Central Slovakia where he worked as a local government official, a manager in the puppet theatre, a journalist in newspapers and for Slovakian radio. He participated in writing the script of the film Build a House, Plant a Tree (1979, Postav dom, zasaď strom) directed by Juraj Jakubisko. From 1980 he drew social security benefits for being on disability.