ŠTEFAN KRČMÉRY AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO ADULT EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT ACTIVITIES IN INTERWAR SLOVAKIA.

Štefan Krčméry was a Slovak poet, literary historian and critic, publicist and translator. He served as a Secretary of Matica slovenská and renewed the publishing of Slovenské pohľady. Krčméry contributed to the improvement of Matica slovenská’s enlightening, cultural, educational, scientific, and literary activities through his organizational, editorial, scientific and literary endeavours. Štefan Krčméry was one of the signatories of Martinská Declaration adopted on 30 October 1918. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]