Ágnes Nemes Nagy
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (January 3, 1922 – August 23, 1991) was a Hungarian poet, writer, educator, and translator. • Illustration — Ágnes Nemes Nagy in 1989 She was born in Budapest and earned a teaching diploma from the University of Budapest. From 1945 to 1953, she was employed by the education journal Köznevelés; from 1953 to 1957, she taught high school. After 1957, she devoted herself to writing.
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Ágnes Nemes Nagy
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- Born
- 1922 · Budapest.
- Died
- 1991 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- poet · translator · writer · teacher
- Fields
- poetry
- Education
- International Writing Program · Eötvös Loránd University
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Righteous Among the Nations · Baumgarten Prize · József Attila Prize
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Following World War II, Nemes Nagy worked on a literary periodical Újhold (New Moon); the editor was critic Balázs Lengyel, who she later married. The magazine was eventually banned by the government of the time. In 1946, Nemes Nagy published her first volume of poetry Kettős világban (In a dual world). In 1948, she was awarded the Baumgarten Prize. During the 1950s, her own work was suppressed and she worked as a translator, translating the works of Molière, Racine, Corneille, Bertolt Brecht and others.
Ágnes Nemes Nagy studied at International Writing Program and Eötvös Loránd University. The recorded working language is Hungarian. The field of work recorded is poetry. Distinctions recorded are Kossuth Prize, Righteous Among the Nations, Baumgarten Prize and József Attila Prize.
Source: • Szárazvillám (Heat lightning), poetry (1957) • Az aranyecset (The golden brush), children's book • Lila fecske (Purple swallow), children's book • Napforduló (Solstice), poetry (1967) • 64 hattyú (64 swans), essays (1975) • Között (Between), poetry (1981) • A Föld emlékei (Earth's souvenirs), poetry (1986)
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Ágnes Nemes Nagy lived from 3 January 1922 to 23 August 1991 and is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Ágnes Nemes Nagy was born in Budapest (3 January 1922) and died in Budapest (23 August 1991).
Nemes Nagy Ágnes portréja, az Újhold folyóirat alapítása körüli időkben (1946)
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- 1.Nemes Nagy Ágnes életrajza. Digitális Irodalmi Akadémia.
- 2.Wilson, Katharina M. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Taylor & Francis. 1. 894. 1991. 0824085477.
- 3.Lehoczky, Agnes. Poetry, the Geometry of the Living Substance: Four Essays on Ágnes Nemes Nagy. Cambridge Scholars. 8–13. 2011. 978-1443827447.
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