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Hungarian Poetry (Folk, Classical and Modern) in English - Veszely, Frank
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An accomplished poet and the author of Canadian Hungarian Literature (1897 - 2017), Frank Veszely brings to the English reader the rich treasure-house of folk, classical, and modern Hungarian poetry (1000 - 2020). The translations read as if they have been done by the original poets, preserving not only their original inspiration and content, but the form, the rhythm and the rhyme patterns of the originals, a feat thought to be impossible by many, but here they are: as fresh as the ink has not dried on them yet. From the poems emerges a nation's love of freedom with the breath and depth of humanity impossible not to respond to.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
An accomplished poet and the author of Canadian Hungarian Literature (1897 - 2017), Frank Veszely brings to the English reader the rich treasure-house of folk, classical, and modern Hungarian poetry (1000 - 2020). The translations read as if they have been done by the original poets, preserving not only their original inspiration and content, but the form, the rhythm and the rhyme patterns of the originals, a feat thought to be impossible by many, but here they are: as fresh as the ink has not dried on them yet. From the poems emerges a nation's love of freedom with the breath and depth of humanity impossible not to respond to.
Autorenporträt
Member of the Hungarian-Canadian Writers' Association. Writer, poet, translator, essayist, playwright; "an Ambassador of Hungarian Culture in Canada." Lived trough WWII, the Communist dictatorship and participated in the Hungarian revolution of 1956 as a 20-year-old. Immigrated to Canada from Hungary in 1957. Worked at entry level jobs across the country then on the CPR before embarking on a teaching career. Taught in the public school system in Kamloops from 1969 to 1996, before acquiring a BA in English Literature and embarking on a writing career. Published both in English and Hungarian.