František Lipka (born 22 February 1946 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak diplomat, poet and translator, who contributed to the process of the creation of independent Montenegro. Life Lipka studied Slovak and the Serbo-Croatian language at the School of Philosophy of the Comenius University in Bratislava (1969). He worked as an external editor of the World Literature Revue magazine, cooperated with magazines "Smena na nedeľu" (Sunday Smena), "Mladá tvorba" (Young Creation), "Slovenské pohľady" (Slovak Views), Romboid; he alternated between posts as a lecturer of the Slovak language and literature at the University of Novi Sad School of Philosophy and at the Comenius University in Bratislava, lecturing on the history of Serbian and Croatian literature. He is also active as a sommelier and since 1994 Lipka has been serving as the President of the International Jury for the Bestowment of the International Vine and Wine Organization awards(Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin), headquartered in Paris. Poetry He began working with poetry during his university studies, with a debut of sensitive and reflexive lyric poetry "Štvanica" (Hunt). His poetry is characterized by a rational attitude, striving to penetrate national and humankind's universal history, bringing back motives from ancient history with the objective of understanding the presence of humankind in its contemporary social, cultural and ecological environment. His statements often carry a super-personal aspect, creates an impression of an intellectual and analytical cognition of reality. Translations František Lipka is also an important translator of Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian literature. He has published an anthology of poetry works of Bosnia and Herzegovina, redacted an anthology of Serbian poetry of the 20th century, an anthology of contemporary Macedonian poetry, and prepared an anthology of poetry by contemporary Slovak poets living in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. He published a book for children, "Farebné rozprávky" (Colorful Tales). Works Poetry Štvanica (Hunt) (1970) Jazero (The Lake) (1976) Zem na jazyku (Earth on the Tongue) (1978) Orfeus na bicykli (Cycling Orpheus) (1980) Argonauti (Argonauts) (1981) Útek z obrazu (Fleeing the Picture) (1984) Rozprava o metóde (Discourse on the Method) (1989) Children's books Farebné rozprávky (Colorful Tales) (1969) Anthologies Sarajevská jar (Spring in Sarajevo) (1970, anthology of poetry from Bosnia and Herzegovina) Zápisy v striebre mora (Written in the Silver Sea) (1988, anthology of the 20th century Serbian poetry) Nepokoj v krajine (Unrest in the Country) (1990, anthology of contemporary Macedonian poetry) Súčasne (Contemporary) (1990,