László Kálnoky (
Eger
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, September 5, 1912 –
Budapest
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, July 30, 1985) was a
Hungarian poet and literary translator.
He belonged to the third generation of
Nyugat
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History an ...
. His poetry was highly typical of
pessimism
Pessimism is a mental attitude in which an undesirable outcome is anticipated from a given situation. Pessimists tend to focus on the negatives of life in general. A common question asked to test for pessimism is "Is the glass half empty or half ...
.
Biography
Poetry
Books of poetry
* Az árnyak kertje
he Garden of the Shadows(1939)
* Lázas csillagon
n a Feverish Star(1957)
* Lángok árnyékában
n the Shadow of the Flames(1970)
* Letépett álarcok
earing Off the Masks(1972)
* Farsang utóján
t the End of the Carnival(1977)
* A szemtanú
he Eyewitness(1979)
* Összegyűjtött versek
ollected Poems(1980, 1992, 2006)
* Egy hiéna utóélete és más történetek
he Posterity of a Hyena and Other Stories(1981)
* Az üvegkalap
he Glass Hat(1982)
* Bálnák a parton
hales on the Shore(1983)
* A gyógyulás hegyén
t the Mountain of Recovery(1983)
* Egy mítosz születése
he Birth of a Myth(1985)
* Hőstettek az ülőkádban (1986)
* Egy pontosvessző térdkalácsa (1996)
References
Sources
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1912 births
1985 deaths
Hungarian male poets
20th-century Hungarian poets
20th-century Hungarian male writers
20th-century Hungarian translators
Translators to Hungarian
French–Hungarian translators