An article about the Roma writer Michal Šamko. His parents and siblings came from Svidník, but he was born in Jičín, Czech Republic, where he did not have an easy childhood. “Gypsy filth,” they shouted at him in elementary school, where there were 23 children in their class, but he was the only Roma. The biggest punishment for his classmates was not the remarks, but being seated next to him. Michal Šamko was determined to achieve something in life and in the end he succeeded.

• Nechceli pri ňom sedieť a báli sa, že má blchy. Michal Šamko spolužiakom dokázal, že sa v ňom mýlili. In: Dobre Noviny. 25.01.2025. https://www.dobrenoviny.sk/c/220709/roky-ho-vnimali-len-ako-spinaveho-cigana-michal-samko-spoluziakom-dokazal-ze-sa-v-nom-mylili