George Szirtes (/ˈsɪərtɛʃ/; born 29 November 1948)[1] is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the age of eight. Szirtes was a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize.
^"Szirtes personal webpage". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
refugee at the age of eight. Szirtes was a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize. Born in Budapest on 29 November 1948, Szirtes came to England as a refugee...
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compared his writing to Kafka and Beckett. Krasznahorkai's translators, GeorgeSzirtes and Ottilie Mulzet, shared the £15,000 translators' prize. Winner László...
Drop of Water" (tr. Batki) "Downhill on a Forest Road" (tr. Szirtes) "The Bill" (tr. Szirtes) "That Gagarin" (tr. Mulzet) "Obstacle Theory" (tr. Batki)...
City to write down and post on the Internet. An English translation by GeorgeSzirtes was published in 2006. The New Yorker's James Wood wrote in 2011: "This...
The Book Quiz, and on its Poetry Special alongside Andrew Motion and GeorgeSzirtes. She also appeared on Backlash, a BBC2 documentary on voluntary childlessness...
Krasznahorkai Original title Az ellenállás melankóliája Translator GeorgeSzirtes Country Hungary Language Hungarian Publisher Magvető Publication date...
made by Louis Rittenberg and published in 1927, and later revised by GeorgeSzirtes for a re-release in 1994. Erich Kästner took up the theme of two groups...
Sebald (1944–2001), German-born writer and academic, lived in the town. GeorgeSzirtes (born 1948), a Hungarian-born poet and translator, lives in the town...
Foden, Tobias Jones, James Lasdun, Jean McNeil, Margaret Atwood and GeorgeSzirtes. Writers such as Angela Carter, Rose Tremain, Andrew Motion, W. G. Sebald...
5,000 euros, was also established in 2002. Past recipients include GeorgeSzirtes, Tomaž Šalamun, and Ismail Kadare. The prize underwent a change of mandate...
precise meaning of the original text. There is a rhyming translation by GeorgeSzirtes: here: Retrieved 10 March 2011. Nemzeti Dal, Kőrössy.org The translation...
Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that...
Craig Raine, Wendy Cope, James Fenton, Blake Morrison, Liz Lochhead, GeorgeSzirtes, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Benjamin Zephaniah. Mark Ford is an example of...
for over her 36-year-long career as a Member of Parliament". The poet GeorgeSzirtes wrote the poem "Song" in her honor. The Helen Suzman Foundation was...
of antiquaries including Elias Ashmole, William Dugdale, Thomas Hearne, George Hickes, Thomas Madox, John Nalson, Edward Thwaites and Humfrey Wanley In...
politician, author, journalist and lecturer of German Jewish ancestry. GeorgeSzirtes (born 29 November 1948); poet and translator; opposes Boycott, Divestment...
Hungarian poet and politician Gyula Szentessy (1870–1905), Hungarian poet GeorgeSzirtes (born 1948), Hungary-born British poet and translator Janusz Szpotański...
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