Sándor Weöres

Sándor Weöres ( pronunciation: [ ʃa ː ndor vørøʃ ], born June 22, 1913 in Szombathely, † January 22, 1989 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer.

Life

His first poems were published Weöres 1928, aged 15. In 1932, his works, handing over of Mihály Babits also appeared in major literary magazine Nyugat. From 1933 to 1938 he studied at the University of Pécs and completed his studies in philosophy and aesthetics with a thesis entitled A vers születése (engl. "The Birth of the poem " ) from. He then worked as a librarian and as a freelance writer.

Rejecting the propagated by the state authorities Socialist Realism and instead poems with a wide range in form and content writing (some children poems, some poetry with a strong influence of Eastern philosophy and a turning to the mythical and nature ), he was from 1949 publish under the communist government very little, including A hallgatás tornya (Eng. " the tower of silence" ) in 1956. As in Paris in 1964 his poem Tűzkút (Eng. " fire fountain" ) appeared, Weöres also received recognition in Hungary and could henceforth freely publish. For example, appeared with a letter Psyché 1972 collection of poems and a fictional woman of the 19th century. He was also in 1977 Veréb Három for publishing the anthology of poetry szemmel responsible.

Awards

Works (selection)

• Hideg van, poetry, 1934
• A kő és az ember, poetry, 1935
• Meduza, poetry, 1944
• A fogok tornáca, poetry, 1947
• Bóbita, poetry, 1955
• A hallgatás tornya, poetry, 1956
• Tűzkút, poetry, 1964
• Meruelo Saturnus, poetry, 1968
• Psyché, poetry, 1972
• Priapus, 2001 ( posthumously, 1950, )

German translations

• The von Ungern. Poems and five drawings, Suhrkamp 1969, translated by Barbara and Robert Stauffer Frischmuth
• Was once a beautiful tray, children's book publishing in 1976, translated by Heinz Kahlau