László Darvasi

László Darvasi (2014)

László Darvasi (born October 17, 1962 in Törökszentmiklós ) is a Hungarian writer and journalist.

Life

Darvasi worked as a primary school teacher until 1989 after completing his studies at the Pedagogical Academy in Szeged in 1986 . He then worked for the Szeged daily Délmagyarország and in 1990 was involved in founding the literary magazine 'Pompeji', where he worked until 1998. He has been writing for the literary magazine Élet és Irodalom since 1993. In terms of content, he deals there with football reports, TV criticism and feature articles . He writes the latter under the pseudonym Ernő Szív. Another name used is Eric Moussambani. Darvasi now lives in Budapest . In 2016 he survived a Legionella infection .

Works (selection)

• Horger Antal Párisban . Poems. 1991.
• A portugálok . Poems and short prose. 1992.
• A veinhageni rózsabokrok . Short stories. 1993.
• Szív Ernő: A vonal alatt . Feature sections. 1994.
• A Borgognoni-féle szomorúság . Short stories. 1994.
• A Kleofás-képregény . Legends and Comics. 1995
• The saddest orchestra in the world . Agnes Relle in Romanian. Berlin: Rowohlt Berlin, 1995. ISBN 3-871342092 .
• Szív Ernő: Hogyan csábítsuk el a Könyvtároskisasszonyt? . Feature sections. 1997.
• Szerelmem, Dumumba elvtársnő . 1998
  • Mr. Stern . Novellas. Translation of Heinrich Eisterer. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2006. ISBN 3-518-12476-5 .
• A konnymutatványosok legendája . 1999
  • The legend of the tearful gulps . Translation of Heinrich Eisterer. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2001. ISBN 3-518-41284-1 .
• Szerezni egy nőt . 2000
  • Get a wife . War stories. Translation by Heinrich Eisterer, Terézia Mora, Agnes Relle. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2003. ISBN 3-518-12448-X .
• A Lojangi kutyavadászok. Kínai novellák . 2002
  • The Lojang Dog Hunters. Chinese stories . Translation of Heinrich Eisterer. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2003. ISBN 3-518-41427-5 .
• A titokzatos világválogatott
  • When a center forward dreams. My world history of football . Translation of Laszlo Kornitzer. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2006. ISBN 3-518-45765-9 .
• Virágzabálók . 2009
  • Flower eater . Translation of Heinrich Eisterer. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2013. ISBN 978-3-518-42359-2 .
• Pálcika, ha elindul . 2012
• Vándorló sírok . 2012
• A zord Apa, avagy a Werner-lány hiteles története . 2012
• A Háromemeletes mesekönyv . 2013
• Ez egy ilyen csúcs . 2014
• Isten. Haza. Csal. (novellák) Magvető, 2015
• Winter morning. Novellas . Translation of Heinrich Eisterer. Berlin: Suhrkamp, ​​2016. ISBN 978-3-518-42552-7

Awards

• Tibor Déry Prize 1993.
• Book of the Year Prize 1994.
• Ernő Szép Prize 1994.
• Gyula Krúdy Prize of the Soros Foundation 1996.
• Alföld Award 1996.
• Scholarship from the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf in 1996.
• Literature grant from the City of Graz 1997.
• Attila József Prize 1998.
• Pro Literatura Award 1998.
• Book Prize of Jelenkor Publishers 2000.
• Guest of the artist program of the DAAD in Berlin 2000/2001.
• Brücke Berlin Literature and Translator Prize 2004.
• Milán Füst Award 2005.

literature

• Paul Jandl : I'm angry that you can die so easily . Interview, translation by Heike Flemming, in: The Literary World , December 10, 2016, p. 1

Web links

• Literature by and about László Darvasi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about László Darvasi in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Short biography and reviews of works by László Darvasi at perlentaucher.de
• László Darvasi , at Suhrkamp Verlag
• Darvasi The shortest Hungarian-German novella
• Excerpt The saddest orchestra in the world ung.-dt.