Career
He also translated from English, German, French and Latin. After studying law and economics in Bratislava and Prague, Zamarovský moved to Prague and worked in several state offices. From 1956 on he worked only as a writer
His books concentrated on the life of ancient Mediterranean nations.
He wrote both in the Slovak and Czechoslovakian languages. Zamarovský was more than 20 years a collaborator of the communist secret police StB. Since 1962 worked under the code name of Belo, in 1977 he became intelligence agent codenamed Veil.
During his final years he suffered from Parkinson"s disease, and spent the last two months of his life in a coma.