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At the End of the Broken Bridge: 25 Hungarian Poems 1978-2002
Istvan Baka
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Paperback. The first in a series of bilingual poetry anthologies featuring 25 poems (one for each year from 1978-2002) from a particular European country, 'Hungarian Original' charts a politically turbulent quarter-century during which Hungary made its transition to democracy. Editor(s): Turczi, Istvan; Turczi, Anna Palos. Translator(s): Morgan, Edwin; Butlin, Ron; Reid, Angus. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126. .
This quarter-century opened with Janos Kadar exercising a third decade of political power, in the wake of the Soviet invasion of 1956. Hungary, however, was instrumental in the changes of 1989, initiating free elections. The transition to democracy was peaceful. A number of Hungarian poets included in this volume are already known to Anglophone poetry-lovers, Gyula Illyes, Otto Orban, Gyorgy Petri and Sandor Weores among them. Poets: Istvan Baka, Zsofia Balla, Laszlo Benjamin, Gyozo Csorba, Gyorgy Faludy, Gyozo Ferencz, Agnes Gergely, Gyula Illyes, Laszlo Kalnoky , Istvan Kemeny, Endre Kukorelly, Laszlo Lator, Agnes Nemes Nagy, Otto Orban, Gyorgy Petri, Sandor ... Read more
This quarter-century opened with Janos Kadar exercising a third decade of political power, in the wake of the Soviet invasion of 1956. Hungary, however, was instrumental in the changes of 1989, initiating free elections. The transition to democracy was peaceful. A number of Hungarian poets included in this volume are already known to Anglophone poetry-lovers, Gyula Illyes, Otto Orban, Gyorgy Petri and Sandor Weores among them. Poets: Istvan Baka, Zsofia Balla, Laszlo Benjamin, Gyozo Csorba, Gyorgy Faludy, Gyozo Ferencz, Agnes Gergely, Gyula Illyes, Laszlo Kalnoky , Istvan Kemeny, Endre Kukorelly, Laszlo Lator, Agnes Nemes Nagy, Otto Orban, Gyorgy Petri, Sandor ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857547962
SKU
9781857547962
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About Istvan Baka
Istvan Turczi is a native of the northern small town of Tata. He worked at a number of odd jobs after graduating from high school, from night doorman to chauffeur, eventually gaining admission to the University of Budapest from which he graduated in 1983 with a diploma in Hungarian, English and Finno-Ugric Languages and Literature. Subsequently he worked in the ... Read more
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