Szilárd Borbély
Szilárd József Borbély (ˈsilaːrd ˈborbeːj); 1 November 1963 – 19 February 2014) was a Hungarian academic, writer and poet. The Poetry Foundation identifies him as "one of the most important poets to emerge in post-1989 Hungary", who utilised several writing genres and predominantly dealt with subjects like grief, memory and trauma. Borbély suffered from "post-traumatic depression", related to the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000 and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, who had also been attacked.
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- Name
- Szilárd József Borbély
- Born
- 1 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Fehérgyarmat, Hungary
- Died
- 19 February 2014
- Place of death
- Debrecen, Hungary
- Occupation
- Academic, writer, poet.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Fields
- Ferenc Kölcsey
- Honours
- Laureate of the Hungarian Republic · Móricz Zsigmond Grant · Alföld Prize · Déry Tibor Prize
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Szilárd József Borbély (ˈsilaːrd ˈborbeːj); 1 November 1963 – 19 February 2014) was a Hungarian academic, writer and poet. The Poetry Foundation identifies him as "one of the most important poets to emerge in post-1989 Hungary", who utilised several writing genres and predominantly dealt with subjects like grief, memory and trauma. Borbély suffered from "post-traumatic depression", related to the murder of his mother during a burglary in 2000 and the subsequent breakdown and death of his father, who had also been attacked.
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Szilárd Borbély (1963–2014) was a literary historian, literary scholar and playwright, among other activities, of Hungarian nationality. The literary historian was born in Fehérgyarmat and died in Debrecen. Activity centred on Ferenc Kölcsey.
The work spans prose. Languages used include Hungarian. Honours include Alföld Prize, Déry Tibor Prize and Laureate of the Hungarian Republic, among others.
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Borbély committed suicide on 19 February 2014.
The recorded working language is Hungarian. The field of work recorded is Ferenc Kölcsey. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Distinctions recorded are Laureate of the Hungarian Republic, Móricz Zsigmond Grant, Alföld Prize and Déry Tibor Prize.
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• Name — Szilárd József Borbély • Born — 1 November 1963 • Birthplace — Fehérgyarmat, Hungary • Died — 19 February 2014 • Place of death — Debrecen, Hungary • Occupation — Academic, writer, poet. Borbély Szilárd
Poetry
Poetry
• Adatok (1988) • Berlin-Hamlet (2003). Trans. Ottilie Mulzet (NYRB Poets, 2016) • Halotti pompa (first edition, 2004; second edition, 2006; third edition, 2014) • A testhez (2010) • Final Matters: Selected Poems, 2004-2010, trans. Ottilie Mulzet (Princeton University Press, 2019). Selections from Halotti pompa and A testhez. • Bukolikatájban (posthumous, 2022). In a Bucolic Land, trans. Ottilie Mulzet (NYRB Poets, 2022)
Prose
Prose
• Nincstelenek: Már elment a Mesijás? (2013). The Dispossessed, trans. Ottilie Mulzet (Harper Perennial, 2016) • Kafka fia (2021). Kafka's Son, trans. Ottilie Mulzet (Seagull Books, 2023).
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1963
Szilárd Borbély born at Fehérgyarmat.
2014
Szilárd Borbély died at Debrecen.
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- 1.Szilárd Borbély Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin.
- 2.Vincze, Dóra. Szilárd Borbély: "He was a poet – a great poet – who shatters us.". hlo.hu. Hungarian Literature Online. 7 May 2022.
- 3.Szilárd Borbély : The Poetry Foundation. www.poetryfoundation.org.
- 4.Woo, David. Review: In a Bucolic Land. Poetry Foundation. 2022-04-14.
- 5.Szirtes, George. Deprivation: A Childhood in 1960s Hungary. The New York Times. 2016-11-25. 0362-4331.
- 6.Los Angeles Review of Books. 2020-03-27.
- 7.Rakusa, Ilma. "Es sei zu Ende". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 25 February 2014.
- 8.Szilárd Borbély "Die Mittellosen": Wir gehen und schweigen. Frankfurter Rundschau. 7 October 2014.
- 9.Foreign Rights - The Dispossessed Novel - Szilárd Borbély.
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Szilárd Borbély received Laureate of the Hungarian Republic, Móricz Zsigmond Grant, Alföld Prize and Déry Tibor Prize. Recorded as translator, writer, literary historian, university teacher and poet.
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