Professor. Miroslav Klivar (14 January 1932 , Kosice ) is a Czechoslovakian influential art critic, painter, graphic designer, glass artist, photographer, member of several art societies and recipient of numerous art awards. He graduated from Charles University in Prague. His art work is very extensive. Since 1949, he has written poetry and is a member of the International Union of writers and publicists. For his work has won numerous awards and recognition (such as prize for applied and industrial art design in 1969, the Czech-Bavarian Prize Art League, Grand Prix at the First European Festival videoumění Award, Frantisek Kupka, the Prize of Salvador Dali, Karel Hynek Macha Award). Since 1955 he taught at art schools - the Academy of Fine Arts, the University of Applied Arts in Prague Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava and the Secondary School of Applied Arts in Prague 3 It is now a professor at the World University of Brussels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.