Katarína Šimurka Feldeková has to deal with the death of another loved one. Her husband died suddenly last October Richard Šimurka († 55). The cause of death was cardiac arrest. A few days ago, the musician was affected by the death of her mother Olga Feldekova († 82), with whom they had a close relationship.
Daughter born novelists, journalists, screenwriters, playwrights and glossators sent a touching message to heaven. “Thank you, my mother. Say hello to Riško and protect us from all evil,” wrote Katarína, and her words brought tears to many a fan’s eyes. At home, she attached a photo of her deceased husband also a shot of the most important woman in life and lit a candle for both of them. “Love is eternal,” said Šimurka Feldeková.
On the social network, she also reflected on the numerical connection, which apparently only she noticed. “I’m rational. But also open. I admit and I don’t deny. Simply an alibi. I was born on May 16. My Riško was born in 1968. He died on October 6 last year. It was 16 degrees. My mother also died on the sixth. Only in December. It was 6 degrees,” pointed out the artist. She also noted that Oľga Feldeková’s identity card had expired, so she got a new one a month ago.
“It has a release date of November 6. Is the number 6 the devil’s number? It isn’t. My father was born in 1936. My daughter was also born in 16. I will not allow the number 6. It is connected to the most precious people in my life. I will always cherish the number 6 and every time I see it somewhere, I will remember intensely the most wonderful people who have made my life beautiful and meaningful. I’m sad. But I have the strength for six,” she added eloquently.
Oľga Feldeková was born on March 28, 1943 in Martina, grew up on upper Orava, in Tvrdošín. After graduating from high school in Trstena (1960), she continued her university studies, in the meantime (1960 – 1961) she worked as a worker at Tesla Orava in Nižná nad Oravou. After completing her studies in journalism at the Comenius University’s Faculty of Arts (1967), she worked as a freelancer (in the meantime she gave birth to and raised five children).
She worked externally as the editor of New Youth Word (1978 – 1982), compiled two anthologies of young Slovak prose from the contributions of talented authors (There will be quatrefoils for dinner, Doska na koléchá). After the demise of New Word of Youth, she became a dramaturg of Slovak film production (1982 – 1990), since 1990 she has been freelancing again.
Her book debut, Moving in the Place, was published by the Smena publishing house in 1976, and another book of short stories, Girl and Happiness (1979), was also published by the same publishing house. The third cycle of short stories Neodoslané listy was originally part of the book Svet je ij inde (Cyrano, 1999), all three cycles were completely published under the title Short Stories (Ex tempore, 2003), enriched with the short story When men celebrate.
She published short prose and feuilletons in two books: Sometimes I sleep in glasses so that I can see my dreams better (Columbus, 2005) and Tajomstvo Sloveniek (2006). For the seventieth birthday of her husband, Slovak poet, novelist, playwright and translator Ľubomír Feldek, she prepared a selection from his poetry Seventy on Love (Ikar, 2006), which was accompanied by her prose text. In 2013, her novel While I’m Happy was published.
