Mňačko, Ladislav (1919–1994) Works   hu sk

Biography

Another Communist turned anti-Stalinist, the most translated one, was Ladislav Mňačko (1919-94) , who latterly lived in Austria. Mňačko described Stalinist persecutions in his Oneskorené reportáže (Delayed Reportages, 1963), partly in order to "document my own guilt in these events". His novel Ako chutí moc (The Taste of Power, 1967) traces the life of a leading Communist politician, corrupted by his position.