Tamás Jónás

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Tamás Jónás

Tamás Jónás [ ˈtɒmaːʃ ˈjoːnaːʃ ] (born March 14, 1973 in Ózd , Northern Hungary ) is a Hungarian writer.

Life

Jónás is Rome , he lives in Budapest . He has published volumes of poetry and prose so far. His prose includes stories about people who live on the fringes of society (Sinti and Roma, the unemotional and the poor), as well as about children and women.

Critics argue that the irregularities, outbreaks, exaggerations, and mutilations are the most interesting in his writings; also his fairy-tale, sociographical, fantastic, sometimes ballad-like language and his reserved, sober style.

Jónás is an Arany-János , Artisjus, Soros and Herder scholarship holder. In 2009 he was awarded the Hungarian Aegon Art Prize ( AEGON Művészeti Díj ) for his collection of poems Önkéntes vak ( Voluntarily blind ) .

Works

  • ... ahogy a falusi vén kutakra zöld moha települ ... ( like moss on old wells in the village ... ). Poems. Szombathely 1994.
  • Nem magunknak ( Not for ourselves ). Poems. Szombathely: bár kiadó 1996.
  • Cigányidők ( Gypsy times ). Narrative. Szombathely: bár kiadó 1997.
  • Fekete pipacsok ( black poppies ). Ed. Selection of the poems published between 1991 and 1997 in the Amaro Drom magazine . Budapest 1998.
  • Bentlakás ( boarding school ). Poems. Budapest: noran kiadó 1999.
  • Betyár volt-e Cigány Jóska? ( Was the gypsy Janosch a Betyár? ). Ed. Gypsy Tales. Budapest: noran kiadó 1999.
  • Éjszaka van ( Night has fallen ). Ed. Literary special issue of the Amaro Drom magazine. Budapest 2000.
  • Elmondom én ( I'll tell you something ). Multimedia CD. Poems, prose in the author's lecture. Budapest: noran kiadó 2001.
  • Bánom, hogy a szolgád voltam ( I regret that I was your servant ). Stories. Budapest: Romano Kher kiadó 2002.
  • Senza tempo . Narrative.
  • Ő ( He / She ). Poems. Budapest: Magvető 2003.
  • Apáimnak, Fiaimnak ( To my fathers, to my sons ). Stories. Budapest: Magvető 2005.
  • Önkéntes vak ( voluntarily blind ). Poems, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Jónás, Tamás
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Ózd