Maša Haľamová

[3] She spent 30 years living in the High Tatras, settling in Štrbské Pleso with her husband, the doctor Ján Pullman.

[3] In addition to her writing and work at publishing houses, she translated literature, primarily for children, into Slovak from Russian, Lusatian-Serbian, and Czech.

[11] This book, and her subsequent collection Červený mak, are considered seminal works of the interwar period in Slovakia.

[4][9] Haľamová's work is characterized as part of Slovakia's modernist wave, incorporating some elements of symbolism.

"[2][6] Her work is extremely emotional, usually simple and straightforward, with what the literary critic Milan Pišút [sk] described as a "child-like fidelity to life.

[2][6] Haľamová was inspired by fellow Slovak poets including Ivan Krasko and Jiří Wolker, sometimes accused of following the latter too closely.

The Slovak poet Maša Haľamová.
The poet Maša Haľamová.
Vila Marína, a house in Štrbské Pleso where the poet Maša Haľamová lived.
Vila Marína, the home in Štrbské Pleso where Haľamová lived until 1956.
A book-shaped monument to the poet Maša Haľamová in Štrbské Pleso.
A monument to the poet Maša Haľamová in Štrbské Pleso.