Jozef Ján Matejka

Jozef Ján Matejka (born 10 March 1949 Trenčin, Slovakia) is a Slovak doctor and writer. He started taking an interest in poetry during his college studies, however he became serious about writing his own work during the year 2000, when he moved with his family to Malta, where he wrote and later published his first book, Príležitostné Básne, a collection of his poems. Matejka has authored six books. During the course of writing and publishing his books, Matejka worked with two Slovak painters and a photographer, who had helped him with the illustrations for his books.