Ján Šándor
created: 19. 02. 2024 10:50 modified: 19. 02. 2024 10:56
Šarlota Bottová is a graduate of the Secondary Vocational School in Rimavská Sobota, cosmetologist. She started to study fine arts during her studies at high school, where the subject of aesthetics is taught. In aesthetics classes she got acquainted with portraiture, and extended her knowledge further as a self-taught artist, using resources available on the Internet and in professional literature. Her preferred technique is graphite pencil. In 2020, she also began working with colours and continues to pursue portraiture.
In 2020, she received a grant from the Fund for the Promotion of Culture of National Minorities of the Slovak Republic to create a collection of paintings - portraits of Roma writers and women writers.
The portrait depicts the writer Ján Šándor.
Ján Šándor was born in 1948 in Brno (former Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic). From the age of 16 until his death he lived in Prievidza. He worked as a manual worker all his life. He published since 1979 in the magazines Železničiar, Bosorka, Smer dnes, Prieboj, Romano nevo ľil, Sam adaj, Romano džaniben. He made his book debut with a collection of short stories and tales called Roma Dream (2004). In 2008, the Jekhetane-Spolu association published a book of Romani fairy tales called Black Rose in Slovak and Romani. In total, he has published 10 books. He was a member of the Slovak Writers' Association. In 2017, he was awarded the Roma Spirit Award in memoriam for his lifetime of literary work and the development of Roma culture.
Sources of information:
ŠÁNDOR, Ján. Black Rose / E kaľi ruža. Prešov: Jekhetane-Spolu Prešov, 2008, 132 p. ISBN 978-80-968744-2-2
www.romaspirit.sk/rocniky/rocnik-2017/nominovani/jan-sandor-prievidza/
recorded: 25. 10. 2023
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
