Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a
Hungarian translator and writer.
Her surname also appears as Rakovsky.
She was born in
Sopron
Sopron (; , ) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.
History
Ancient times-13th century
In the Iron Age a hilltop settlement with a burial ground existed in the neighbourhood of Sopron-Várhely.
When ...
and earned a teaching certificate in
Hungarian and English from the
School of English and American Studies of the
Faculty of Humanities of the
University of Budapest
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...
. From 1975 to 1981, she worked as a librarian. She published two poetry collections: ''Jóslatok és határidők'' (Prophecies and Deadlines) in 1981 and ''Tovább egy házzal'' (One house up) in 1987. Rakovszky received the
Attila József Prize The Attila József Prize is an annually awarded Hungarian literary prize for excellence in the field of belles-lettres. It was first presented in 1950 in honour of the poet Attila József. Another major Hungarian literary prize is the Kossuth Prize. ...
in 1987.
She has won the Tibor Déry Prize and the (Robert) Graves Prize.
[
Rakovszky has translated works by a number of English and American poets into Hungarian.]
Selected works[ ]
* ''Fehér-fekete'' (white-black), poems (1991)
* ''Egyirányú utca'' (One way street), poems (1998)
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
20th-century Hungarian poets
Hungarian translators
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
People from Sopron
Hungarian women poets
International Writing Program alumni
20th-century Hungarian women writers
Hungarian librarians
Hungarian women librarians
Attila József Prize recipients
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