Etela Farkašová
{{Short description|Slovak philosopher and writer(born 1943)}}
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| education = University of Trnava
Comenius University
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Etela Farkašová ({{nee|Zipserová}}; born 5 October 1943){{Cite web |title=FARKAŠOVÁ, Etela :: Spolok slovenských spisovateľov |url=https://www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk/products/farkasova-etela/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.spolok-slovenskych-spisovatelov.sk}} is a Slovak writer and philosopher.
Biography
Etela Farkašová was born on 5 October 1943 in Levoča.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-11 |title=Etela Farkašová |url=https://www.litcentrum.sk/autor/etela-farkasova |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Slovenské literárne centrum |language=sk}} She studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Trnava. Following her graduation, she worked as a high school teacher. At the same time, she studied Philosophy and Sociology at the Comenius University, graduating in 1972. Since then, she has lectured at the Department of Philosophy of the Comenius University. She retired in 2010, but as of 2023 she is still active as an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy as well as a researcher of the Center for Gender Studies at the university.{{Cite web |last=Krekovič |first=Miloš |date=2020-09-03 |title=Spisovateľka Etela Farkašová: Chápem, že je provokácia obhajovať pomalosť, ale je to nutné |url=https://dennikn.sk/2015380/chapem-ze-je-provokacia-obhajovat-pomalost-ale-je-to-nutne/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Denník N |language=sk-SK}}{{Cite web |title=Doc. PhDr. Etela Farkašová, PhD. |url=https://fphil.uniba.sk/katedry-a-odborne-pracoviska/katedra-filozofie-a-dejin-filozofie/clenovia-katedry/doc-phdr-etela-farkasova-phd/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=fphil.uniba.sk |language=sk-SK}} She occasionally translates from German and English.{{cite book |last1=Hudík |first1=Pavol |last2=Bednár |first2=Lucy |title=In Search of Homo Sapiens: Twenty-five Contemporary Slovak Short Stories |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJPSb8sLve0C&dq=Etela+Farka%C5%A1ov%C3%A1&pg=PA30 |publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |page=30 |language=en |date=2002|isbn=9780865165328 }}
As a philosopher, Farkašová is interested in epistemology, in particular the relationship between philosophy and science as well as philosophy and art. From 1990s, she has developed interest in Feminist philosophy.{{Cite web |title=Etela Farkašová |url=https://www.phil.muni.cz/fil/scf/komplet/farksv.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.phil.muni.cz}}{{cite web |title=Etela FARKAŠOVÁ - Dictionnaire créatrices |url=https://www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com/fiche-etela-farkasova?q=Etela+Farka%C5%A1ov%C3%A1 |website=www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com |access-date=18 September 2023}} She is a member of the Network of East-West Women (NEWW), the Slovak branch of PEN club, Österreichischer Schriftstellerverband and a co-founder of the Slovak female writer club FEMINA.{{cite book |last1=Cîrstocea |first1=Ioana |title=Learning Gender after the Cold War: Contentious Feminisms |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-2KEAAAQBAJ&dq=Etela+Farka%C5%A1ov%C3%A1&pg=PA144 |publisher=Springer Nature |page=144 |language=en |date=20 September 2022|isbn=9783030978884 }}
Achievements
Etela Farkašová debuted as a fiction writer in 1978 with a collection of short stories Reproduction of time (Reprodukcia času), which won the Ivan Krasko Award. She cooperated extensively with Austrian writers and was awarded a medal for developing cultural cooperation between Slovakia and Austria by the Austrian president in 2004. In 2018 she was awarded the Anasoft Litera prize for her book Script (Scenár), which discusses the possibility of living slowly in fast times.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-19 |title=Anasoft literu získala Etela Farkašová s pomalou knihou o rýchlej dobe |url=https://kultura.pravda.sk/kniha/clanok/484822-anasoft-literu-ziskala-etela-farkasova-s-pomalou-knihou-o-rychlej-dobe/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}} In 2018, she was additionally awarded the Crystal Wing Award in the Literature category.{{Cite web |last=Teraz.sk |date=2019-01-28 |title=VIDEO: Krištáľové krídlo 2018 získalo jedenásť slovenských osobností |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/kristalove-kridlo-2018-ziskalo-jed/374865-clanok.html |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=TERAZ.sk |language=sk}} As of 2023, she published 14 fiction books.
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