Gabor G. Gyukics

Gyukics was born in Hungary in 1958. He left Hungary for Holland in 1986. In 1988, he moved to the U.S., where he worked until moving back to Budapest in 2002.

Gyukics was the founder of a series of open poetry readings combined with jazz in Hungary starting in1999. His current work focuses on translations of Native American poetry and American poetry. Gyukics and Michael Castro used to collaborate on translations of contemporary poems from Hungarian to English between 1989 and 2000. Together, they also translated the poetry of Attila József.

• Malom Festival, Orom, Serbia, 2025 • REverse Poetry Festival, Out Loud Poetry, Timisoara, Romania, 2024 • Tricikli Festival, Szeged-Magyarkanizsa, Hungary-Serbia, 2023 • Festival Palabra en el Mundo, Venice, Italy, 2023 • International Book Festival Budapest, 2000, 2022 • Elba Poetry Festival, Elba, Italy, 2022 • National Beat Poetry Festival, Pleasant Valley/Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA, 2021 • Prague International Literary Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 • Cairo International Book Fair, Cairo, Egypt, 2019 • ProtimluvFest International literary festival, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2017 • Tanta International Poetry Festival, 2nd Edition, Tanta, Egypt, 2016 • The 1st 100 Thousand Poets for Change Festival, Salerno, Italy 2015 • The 25th Poesis Poetry Festival, Satu Mare, Romania 2015 • The 10th Novi Sad International Literary Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia 2015 • Sofia International Book Fair, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013 • The 12th 'Den poezie' Festival, Prague, Czech Republic 2010 • Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Galway, Ireland 2004 • Culture of Wine Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria 2000 • Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, Canada 2000

• Utcai Elődás, poetry in Hungarian, Fekete Sas Publishing, Budapest, 1998; • Last Smile, English-Hungarian, Cross Cultural Communications, New York, 1999, Preface by Hal Sirowitz; • A remete többes száma, poetry in Hungarian, Fekete Sas Publishing, Budapest, 2002; • versKÉPzelet, poetry and writings on art in Hungarian and 22 works by 20 contemporary fine artists, Hanga Publishing, Budapest, 2005; • Lepkék vitrinben, poetry in Hungarian, Fekete Sas Publishing, Budapest, 2006; • kié ez az arc, poems in Hungarian, L’Harmattan Publishing, Budapest, 2011; • Selected Poetry of Gabor Gyukics in Bulgarian, translated by Stefka Hrusanova, Gutenberg Publishing House, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2013; • A Hermit Has no Plural, poems in English, Singing Bone Press, Columbia, SC, USA 2015; • végigtapint selected poetry in Hungarian, Lector Publishing, Târgu Mureș, Romania,2018; • kié ez az arc, poems in Arabic, translated by Abdallah Naggar, Sanabel, Cairo, Egypt 2019; • kié ez az arc, poems in Czech, translated by Robert Svoboda, Protimluv Press, Ostrava, Czech Republic 2019 • Detoxification of the Body, poetry in English, El Martillo Press, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2024; • L’evoluzione degli armadillo / The Evolution of Armadillos, poetry in Italian and English, translated by Anna Lombardo Persephone Edizioni, Elba, Italy 2025; • Az armadilló evolúciója poetry in Hungarian, illustrated by Ádám Würtz Junior, Ampersand Press, Hungary 2026 • Poémes choisis, 17 poems in French translated and published by Christophe Martin, Lille, France, 2026 - no ISBN

• Ginsberg & Co. és egyéb spirálok, short stories in Hungarian, Tiszatáj Publishing, Szeged, 2026 • Kisfa galeri «socio-horror», in Hungarian, L’Harmattan Publishing, Budapest, 2014

• Half-Naked Muse / Félmeztelen múzsa, Contemporary American Poetry Anthology, bilingual, Budapest, Magyar Könyvklub Publishing 2000; • Swimming in the Ground, Contemporary Hungarian Poetry Anthology in English, Neshui Publishing, St. Louis, USA, 2002 Co-translator: Michael Castro; • Gypsy Drill, Collected poems of Attila Balogh in English, Neshui Publishing, St. Louis, USA, 2005 Co-translator: Michael Castro • Consciousness, Attila József DVD English version, Petőfi Literary Museum, 2005 Budapest • A Transparent Lion, Selected poetry of Attila József in English, Green Integer Publishing, 2006 Los Angeles, USA, Co-translator: Michael Castro; • Átkelés, Contemporary American Poetry Anthology in Hungarian, Nyitott Könyvműhely, 2007 Budapest; • A szem önéletrajza, Selected poetry of Paul Auster in Hungarian, Barrus Publishing, 2007 Budapest; • Cornucopion / Bőségszaru, Selected poetry of Ira Cohen in Hungarian, I.A.T. and Új Mandátum Publishing, 2007 Budapest; • Nagy Kis-Madár, the poetry of Jim Northrup, Új Forrás and Librarius Publishings, 2013 Tata, Hungary; • My God, How Many Mistakes I've Made, Selected poetry of Endre Kukorelly, co - translator Michael Castro, Singing Bone Press, USA 2015; • Medvefelhő a város felett, Contemporary Native American poetry anthology in Hungarian, Budapest, Scolar Publishing, 2015, • The Heart Attacks of the Soul, Gypsy Cantos, selected poetry of Attila Balogh, co-translator Michael Castro, Singing Bone Press, Charleston, SC, USA, 2018 • "They'll be Good for Seed", Contemporary Hungarian Poetry Anthology in English, White Pine Press, Buffalo, USA, 2021; • Viselnéd a szemem, American Poetry and Prose in Hungarian, Károli University Press - L'Harmattan Publishing, 2021 Budapest • "Shelter Under the Sun", Poetry of Three Hungarian Women in English, Singing Bone Press, Columbia, SC, USA, 2021; • "Nélkülözhetetlen Allen Ginsberg", Hungarian editor and translator et al. of the Hungarian version of Essential Allen Ginsberg,Europa Publishing House, Budapest, 2022 963 504 623 2 • "Silence and Other Poems" by Károly Bari, El Martillo Press, Los Angeles, USA; 2026

• Vibration of Words, jazz poetry in English, Origo Studio, Budapest, 2018. Music: Ágoston Béla soprano and C melody saxophones, alto clarinet, kaval, glissonic, fijura, Bori Viktor piano, Pengő Csaba double bass, Gabor G Gyukics poetry • Beépített arcok, jazz poetry in Hungarian, Origo Studio, Budapest, 2018. Music: Ágoston Béla soprano and C melody saxophones, alto clarinet, kaval, glissonic, fijura, Bori Viktor piano, Dóra Attila soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, Eichinger Tibor guitar, Gabor G Gyukics poetry • Sand Snail, English language poetry; Frogpond Productions, New York, 2000. Music: Mark Deutsch. Guest Poet: Nagy Imola Borzos

• The Afterlife of a Book; the poetry of Gábor G. Gyukics with the eyes of contemporary fine artists, 15 poems –19 artists – 21 artworks, Mucius Gallery, Budapest April 11- May 12, 2005 • Versvonzatok; the poetry of Gábor G. Gyukics with the eyes of contemporary fine artists. 21 poems – 21 artists – 25 artworks, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest, December 4, 2018- January 20, 2019

• Látó literary magazine American issue 2006/5; guest editor, translator