MARIAN VÁROSS – TRESTUHODNE ZABUDNUTÁ OSOBNOSŤ EURÓPSKEHO RANGU.

The paper explores the life and work of a less known Slovak personality – Marian Váross – who can be considered one of the leading figures of the modern academic scene in the second half of the twentieth century. As one of the best educated Slovaks of his time, he also delved into literature and fine arts. He wrote many monographs, articles and essays from various academic fields. He also worked in the State Psycho-technical Institute, was an editor in the daily newspaper Národná obroda and initiated the foundation of the Institute of the Theory and History of Art, which he was subsequently forced to leave for political reasons. He later worked in the Slovak National Gallery. Váross described his own difficult fate in diary entries which were published in the book Loneliness Day after Day (Deň za dňom samota) in 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]