Actor · Poem · Lyricist · Writer
Born Dec 10, 1928
Active 1968–2009 · Awards: Merited Artist of Czechoslovakia, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, class III, Cross of Pribina class I, Ľudovít Štúr Order 1st class, Cross of the President of the Slovak Republic, 1st Class
Milan Rúfus was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic. Rúfus is the most translated Slovak poet into other languages.