Péter Farkas (writer)
Péter Farkas (born November 15, 1955 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian writer and journalist who has lived in Germany as an emigrant since 1982 . He was best known for his novel Eight Minutes , which was published internationally in many translations.
Life
On his father's side, he says he comes from a former Hungarian peasant family and on his mother's side from the upper Jewish bourgeoisie. After obtaining his university entrance qualification, he studied history, literature and pedagogy at the Budapest University of Education. After five semesters, he dropped out of college in 1978 because he was strongly committed to the actions of the democratic opposition movement. In 1979 he gave the samizdat band Túlpartrol ( from other banks out).
His emigration followed in 1982; he first went to Aachen, then to Cologne with his family . There he founded the Humane Society for Mental Necrophilia and the IL publishing house . From the late 1980s onwards, the company organized numerous visual arts events. The publishing house IL (Irodalmi Levelek) published a Hungarian-language literary series ("Irodalmi Levelek" = "Literary Letters") and subsequently the art edition Edition Nekrophil ( Hermann Nitsch , Jürgen Klauke , Endre Tót , Curtis Anderson etc.) . He edited the Hungarian-language series together with György Petri and Gábor Ákos Tóth. Béla Szász , György Konrád and Géza Szöcs were at times among the authors printed there.
Together with Boris Nieslony , Farkas ran the private art association ASA-European from 1990 . He earned his living with journalistic work, mainly as a freelancer for the Hungary editorial offices of Deutschlandfunk and Deutscher Welle . Occasionally he published articles in Hungarian literary magazines appearing in the West.
In his novel Eight Minutes , he describes the life and experience of people with dementia from an inner perspective. Although there are numerous books that deal with the subject from the outside perspective, there has not yet been a sensitive fictional first-person narration from the perspective of a person concerned. In 2011 Farkas received the prestigious Hungarian Sandor Marai Prize for his literary work. Farkas is married to a professional visual artist. They have two sons together. In addition to his writing activities, he also runs an antiquarian bookshop.
Works
- Századvégem , novella, Cologne; Budapest: Irodalmi Levelek 1988 ISBN 3-927158-01-1
- Háló (network) , Jelenkor, 1997
- Gólem, Hypertext 1996-2005
- Törlesztés ( repayment ), prose, Magveto, Budapest 2004
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Nyolc Perc , Roman, Magvetö, Budapest 2007
- Eight minutes , Roman, Luchterhand, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-630-87304-6
- Kreatúra , Magvetö, Budapest 2009
- Johanna , Magvetö, Budapest 2011
- Nehéz esök (Hard Rain) , Magvetö, Budapest 2013
Awards
- 2011 - Sándor Márai Prize for Lifetime Achievement
- 1997 - Bródy Prize for the best literary debut for his story Háló (= net )
Web links
- Literature by and about Péter Farkas in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Péter Farkas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eight Minutes - Information Page
- ↑ a b c biography at the Berlin International Literature Festival
- ↑ Review by Gertrud Lehnert in Deutschlandradio Kultur on December 12, 2011: “A life that gets by without a world” - Péter Farkas: “Eight minutes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farkas, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |