Ágnes Rapai Biography

Hungarian poet, writer, and translatorThe native form of this personal name is Rapai Ágnes. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ágnes Rapai (born 13 March 1952 in Szekszárd, Hungary) is a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator.

Biography

Rapai spent her childhood in Budapest, Szekszárd, and Pécs. She graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University where she studied dramaturgy in 1975. Rapai has been a freelance poet and writer since 1989.

Since 2007, Rapai has been a board member of ARTISJUS (Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights). She is also a member of the Belletrist *ociation (Szépírók Társasága), the Hungarian National *ociation of Creative Artists (MAOE), and the Hungarian PEN Club.

Bibliography

Rapai has published five collections of poetry in Hungary. Her works have been published in Switzerland, including collections and anthologies such as Frauenfelder Lyriktage, Poesie Agenda, and Ungarische Poeten. All her publications in German have been translated by András Sándor.

Collections

  • Máshol (in Hungarian), Magvető Kiadó, 1985
  • A darázs szeme (in Hungarian), Orpheusz Publishing House, 1990
  • Spaziergang mit Hölderlin (in German), Orte-Verlag, 1995
  • Zadarnál a tenger (in Hungarian), Orpheusz Publishing House, 1997
  • Budapest.. (in German), Orte-Verlag, 1999
  • Arc poétika (in Hungarian), Novella Publishing House, 2006
  • Mindenhol jó (in Hungarian), Novella Publishing House, 2007

Anthologies

  • Szép versek (in Hungarian), Magvető Kiadó, 2008
  • "Rodo Tykim Ulina" , Anthology of Finno-Ugric Writers (in Hungarian), Mari Press, Yoshkar-Ola, 1989
  • Poesie Agenda (in German), Orte-Verlag, 2003
  • Hét évszázad magyar költői (in Hungarian), Tevan Kiadó, 1996
  • Magyar költőnők antológiája (in Hungarian), Enciklopédia Kiadó, 1997
  • 4. Frauenfelder Lyriktage, Verlag Im Waldgut Frauenfeld (in German), 1997, ISBN:3-7294-0261-7
  • Lecsukott szemeden át látom, Kortárs magyar női szerelmes líra (in Hungarian), 2005, ISBN:963-8103-52-3
  • Éjszakai állatkert (in Hungarian), Jonathan Miller Kiadó, 2005
  • Mégse Légyott - Kékszakállú+Verizmó Elmaradt Randevúja (in Hungarian), Miskolc, 2006
  • Ötvenhat író Esztergomról (in Hungarian), Pont Kiadó, 2006
  • Légyott – B.Artók + P.Árizs Randevúja (in Hungarian), Miskolc, 2007
  • Zsuzsa Bruria Forgács (ed)., ed. (2007), Szomjas oázis. Antológia a női testről (in Hungarian), Budapest: Jaffa Kiadó

Awards

In 1995, Rapai received the Rosenthal Ins*ute for Holocaust Studies Award. She was also awarded by the Hungarian Art Fund in 1996, and took the János Arany Prize in 1999.

Activities

In 1997, Rapai took part in the International Poetry Festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. In 1999, Hungary was the guest of honor (Schwerpunkt-country) at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Her second collection of poems in German was published for this occasion.

In 2007, Rapai participated in the ninth annual Prague International Poetry Days.

Reviews

Several publications have reviewed works by Rapai:

  • Bella, István (1985), A fűszál színeváltozása (in Hungarian), Élet és Irodalom
  • Pécsi, Györgyi (1991), A darázs szeme (in Hungarian), Életünk
  • Lukácsi, András (1994), Magyar költőnő Svájcban (in Hungarian), Magyar Hírlap
  • Sándor, András (1995), E ruhátlan lét: a költészet (in Hungarian), Tekintet
  • Legeza, Ilona, "Zadarnál a tenger" , Ilona Legeza’s Literary website (in Hungarian)
  • Kapecz, Zsuzsa (2007), Láng Olivér tündöklése és bukása (in Hungarian), Élet és Irodalom
  • Kálmán, Gábor (2007), Amikor a házi*zony verset ír (in Hungarian), Könyvesblog
  • Traber, Barbara (29 October 1994), Elegie am Nachmittag (in German), Badener Tagblatt

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