Ján Minác was born on August 10, 1926 in Klenovec, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a writer, known for
Na pochode sa vzdy nespieva (1961),
Drevená dedina (1955) and
V hodine dvanástej (1959). He died on January 13, 1965 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].