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ISTVÁN BAKA

Istvan Baka (1948-1995)


BIOGRAPHY

  • 1948 born in Szekszárd, Hungary
  • 1966 finishes secondary grammar school in his hometown
  • 1972 majors in Hungarian and Russian Literature at Attila Jozsef University of Szeged, and becomes a teacher in a technical school in his hometown
  • 1974 works for the children's literary journal Kincskereső in Szeged
  • 1993 editor of Kincskereső
  • 1995 dies in Szeged


His prizes include:

  • 1985 Graves Prize
  • 1986 Attila József Prize, Cleveland
  • 1987 Radnóti Prize
  • 1989 Attila József Prize
  • 1989 and 1993 Tibor Déry Prize
  • 1991 Sándor Weöres Prize
  • 1992 Tiszatáj Prize
  • 1994 Book of the Year
  • 1995 Júlia Szinyei Prize
  • 1995 Mihály Babits Prize
  • 1995 Károly Puskás Prize (posthume)
  • 2009 Miklós Mészöly Prize (posthume)
  • 2010 Book of the Year, Szeged (posthume)
  • 2015. Freeman of the Town of Szekszárd, Hungary (posthume)


WORKS translated into English
Poems


REVIEWS, CRITICS, ESSAYS
about his works


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