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Attila Gérecz

ゲレツ・アッティラ

Gerecz Attila

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1929-11-20 (Dunakeszi, Hungary)
死没
1956-11-07 (Budapest, Hungary) 26歳
国籍
Hungarian
言語
Hungarian
居住地歴
Dunakeszi (birthplace) → Budapest (place of activity and death)

経歴

職業
Poet, Modern pentathlete, Revolutionary/Combatant
活動期間
1945年〜1956年
影響を受けた人物
German, English and French poets (translated while imprisoned), Prison poet community (the 'Füveskert' group)
影響を与えた人物
Later Hungarian poets writing about the 1956 uprising and memorial poetry

学歴

Kölcsey Ferenc Gimnázium
期間: 〜1948
卒業年: 1948
国: Hungary
Graduated in 1948
Gábor Áron Royal Military Artillery Cadet School (attended)
期間: 1945頃
卒業年: 1945
国: Hungary (then)
Attended as a youth; evacuated west during wartime

受賞歴

Balassi Bálint Memorial Sword (posthumous)
2000
主催: Balassi prize organization
結果: 受賞(追贈)
Honorary Citizen of Dunakeszi
2004
主催: City of Dunakeszi
結果: 受賞(追贈)
Honorary Citizen of Terézváros (posthumous)
2016
主催: Budapest District VI (Terézváros)
結果: 受賞(追贈)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Így bocskorosan

1954年 Poetry

A poem written in prison expressing youth, hope and determination; later included in collected editions and widely known.

freedomprison experienceyouthhope

Sorsod művészete

2000年 Collected poems / commentary

An edited volume collecting posthumous poems and commentary; published in multiple editions and a key compilation of Gérecz's legacy.

remembrancememorypolitical struggle

Escape at the Time of the Great Flood

2007年 Prose / autobiographical fragment

Deals with his 1954 escape from Vác prison during the great flood; combines poetic elements with autobiographical reminiscence.

escapewater (the Danube)survival and hope
映像化・舞台化
  • [Short film] Escape at the Time of the Great Flood (short film) / Czigány Zoltán (1996)

全著作

  • Így bocskorosan. Collected poems and writings (Kräter, 2001)
  • The Art of Your Fate. Poems and Afterlife of Attila Gérecz (Stadium, 2001)
  • Így bocskorosan (expanded ed., Kráter, 2006)
  • Fragment. Escape at the Time of the Great Flood (Stadium, 2007)
  • Complete Works of Gérecz Attila (critical edition, 2017)

翻案

  • Csendkút (2007, feature film)
  • Escape at the Time of the Great Flood (1996, short film)

作風・主題

文体
concise, direct prison poetrylyricism combined with resolvesometimes prosaic, autobiographical approach
頻出モチーフ
youth and camaraderiefreedom and resistancewater (the Danube) / escapeprison life and hope

評価・遺産

Attila Gérecz is remembered as a martyr of the 1956 uprising; his prison poems became symbols of resistance and youth in Hungary. He is commemorated through posthumous publications, film adaptations, and memorials (including a namesake swimming pool in his native Dunakeszi).

資料所蔵先

  • Posthumous manuscripts held by Hungarian literary archives and publishers

大衆文化への影響

  • Film portrayals such as the 2007 biographical film 'Csendkút', the namesake Dunakeszi swimming pool, memorial plaques and commemorative events

引用

  • Thus, mocked for my rough shoes, shall I set off to break marble as if a mountain? A cheeky smile sits on my lips, the slogan, my whistle mischievous: I too will climb!
    出典: Gérecz Attila, "Így bocskorosan" (1954年)

豆知識

  • In his youth he was a national-level modern pentathlete.
  • In 1954 he reportedly swam across the flooded Danube to escape from Vác prison.
  • He died in the street fighting of the 1956 Budapest uprising and became a subject of commemoration.
  • His manuscripts were first published abroad and later appeared in multiple editions in Hungary from 1991 onward.