Béla Markó
Béla Markó (born September 8, 1951 in Târgu Secuiesc , Romania) is a Transylvanian-Hungarian writer, poet, teacher and politician.
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Béla Markó graduated in 1974 from the Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in the subjects of Hungarian and French. He then worked as a French teacher in the primary school of Sâncraiu de Mureș until 1976 . Then he was editor of the Hungarian-language literary magazine Igaz Szó (Eng. True Word ) until 1989 . Since 1989 he has been editor-in-chief of the literary weekly magazine Látó ( Eng . Seer ), which is published in Târgu Mureş . He also published numerous articles in textbooks.
After the political upheaval of 1989 , he began to be actively involved in politics. He is a member of the Hungarian and Romanian Writers' Associations and General Secretary of the Romániai Magyar PEN Club . Since 1990 he has been a senator in the Romanian parliament as a representative of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR-RMDSZ) , as its president he was from 1992 to 2011. From 2004 to 2007, as Deputy Prime Minister, he was responsible for overseeing Romania's European integration efforts, as well as for education and cultural activities.
Works
- In the city of words A szavak városában (1974)
- Yellow copper season Sárgaréz évszak (1977)
- Butterfly skeleton Lepkecsontváz (1980)
- The A Nap kalapja sun hat (1980)
- The Eternal Moving Az örök halasztás (1982)
- Talanítás (1984)
- The Magpie Telephone Szarka Telephone (1984)
- Fresh snow on the stone Friss hó a kövön (1987)
- Burning Years Égő évek (1989)
- Autobus for everyone Mindenki autóbusza (1989)
- Cricket song. Poems for little boys and girls Tücsöknóta. Versek kisfiúknak, kislányoknak (1990)
- In the headwind Ellenszélben (1991)
- Exodus from the computer Kiűzetés a számítógépből (1991)
- Selected poems Válogatott versek 1972–1991. (1993)
- Cannibal time Kannibál idő (1993)
- Touches Érintések (1994)
- Karikázó idő. Versek kisfiúknak, kislányoknak (1996)
- The Transylvanian Cat Az erdélyi macska (1999)
- Forgetful Europe. Speeches, lectures, interviews A feledékeny Európa. Beszédek, előadások, interjúk, 1990–1999. (2000)
- If I were a magician. Children's poems Ha varázsló lennék. Gyermekversek (2000)
- Records of a happy Birnbaum Feljegyzés egy boldog körtefáról - Notes on a Happy Pear Tree (2000)
- Torn world. Collected poems Szétszedett világ. Egybegyűjtött versek, 1967–1995. (2000)
- Poets' wreath Költők koszorúja (2002)
- Doomed to self-employment. Speeches, lectures, interviews Önállóságra ítélve. Beszédek, előadások, interjúk, 1999–2002. (2002)
- Sonnet wreath in love Szerelmes szonettkoszorú (2002)
- Balkáni fohász (2003)
- Timp Cannibal
Awards
- Prize of the Marosvásárhely Writers' Union - 1974, 1982
- Romanian Writers' Union Prize - 1980
- Milán Füst Prize - 1990
- Tibor Déry Prize - 1991
- Attila József Prize - 1994
- Gábor Bethlen Prize - 1996
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary - 2004
- Knight of the Star of Romania 2004
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Markó, Béla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Transylvanian-Hungarian writer, poet, teacher and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Târgu Secuiesc |