▁Independent ▁Writ ers ▁in ▁Slov ak ia ▁and ▁an ▁honor ary ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Slov ak ▁P EN ▁Centre . ▁Ivan ▁Č ič man ec ▁received ▁the ▁H vie zd oslav ▁Prize ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁for ▁his ▁transl ations ▁of ▁Slov ak ▁literature ▁into ▁Norwegian . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁his ▁book ▁of ▁poetry ▁V io let ▁Music ▁was ▁awarded ▁" the ▁best ▁poetry ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁year " ▁by ▁the ▁Slov ak ▁Liter ary ▁Foundation . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁work ▁Ivan ▁Č ič man ec ▁writes ▁ess ays , ▁articles , ▁po lem ic ▁texts , ▁short ▁stories , ▁po ems ▁and ▁theatre ▁plays . ▁In ▁his ▁ess ays ▁he ▁focus es ▁pre domin antly ▁on ▁topics ▁such ▁as ▁literature , ▁theatre ▁and ▁religion . ▁Occ asion ally ▁he ▁also ▁writes ▁about ▁film , ▁visual ▁art , ▁music , ▁philosophy ▁and ▁social ▁issues . ▁ ▁Works ▁in ▁Slov ak ▁In ▁Slov ak ia ▁he ▁has ▁published ▁the ▁following ▁books : ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁F ocus ▁of ▁Abs ence ▁/ ▁V ▁o hn is ku ▁ne pr ít om nosti ▁( 2 0 0 5 ). , ▁with ▁the ▁sub title ▁G nost ic ▁med itations ▁ ▁S igh s ▁and ▁P unch es ▁/ ▁V zd ych y ▁a ▁ú der y ▁( 2 0 1 1 ), ▁a ▁book ▁of ▁short ▁stories ▁with ▁mot ives ▁of ▁human ▁suffering , ▁mystery ▁and ▁complicated ▁er otic ▁relationships ▁ ▁The ▁F rag ile ▁Magic ▁of ▁D isson ances ▁/ ▁Kre