Tera Fabianová
created: 20. 02. 2024 10:12 modified: 20. 02. 2024 10:13
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 Tera Fabianová.
Tera Fabianová (née Kurinová) was born on 15 October 1930 in Žiharec, Slovakia. She is considered the leading Roma writer and poet of the 20th century. She belongs to the older generation of Roma women writers who wrote in the Roma language. She worked as a crane operator in Prague for thirty-five years. She was fluent in four languages. Her literary talent was discovered by the Czech romist Milena Hübschmannová, who motivated her to write in Romani. She debuted with short stories in the magazine Romano lil in the 1960s. Her book Čavargoš / The Tramp (1991) belongs to the fantasy genre. This publication appealed to a wide Czech public. Vlastimil Brodský read this work for Czech Radio. The highlight of her work is her autobiography Sar me phiravas andre škola / How I Went to School (1992). In 2006 she received the Milena Hübschmann Literary Award for lifetime achievement. She died on 23 March 2007 in Prague.
Sources of information:
www.svedectviromu.cz/svedectvi/tera-fabianova
www.romarchive.eu/en/collection/p/tera-fabianova/
recorded: 25. 10. 2023
category: fine arts
tags: secular material artistic 2D artifact painting Šarlota Bottová general audience internal
