The page of Groch, Erik, English biography
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Biography
poet, radio dramatist, writer, and publisherBorn 25 April 1957 in Košice. In 1976 he finished studies at the local secondary school and then had various jobs, some quite curious. Until 1989 he was active in circles around the literary, artistic and intellectual underground in Košice, participating in seminars that took place in the home of the philosopher Marcel Strýko. In 1991 – 1992 he co-founded and co-edited the literary almanac Silent Water I, II and III. In 1990 he joined the revived weekly Kultúrny život as an editor and in 1992 he established his own publishing house, which he later named Knižná dielňa Timotej. He is still publishing mainly translations of philosophical and theosophical nature. Groch lives in Košice.
