Ágnes Rapai (born 13 March 1952 in

Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; ; or ; ) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second-smallest (after Tatabánya). ...

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) is a Hungarian

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, writer, and

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Biography

Rapai spent her childhood in

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, and

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. She graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University where she studied

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in 1975. Rapai has been a

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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 Association (Szépírók Társasága), the Hungarian National Association of Creative Artists (MAOE), and the

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Bibliography

Rapai has published five collections of poetry in Hungary. Her works have been published in

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, including collections and anthologies such as ''Frauenfelder Lyriktage'', ''Poesie Agenda'', and ''Ungarische Poeten''. All her publications in

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have been translated by András Sándor.

Collections

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Anthologies

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Awards

In 1995, Rapai received the Rosenthal Institute 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

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. 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

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References

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